A rich, colourful explosion of Indian culture spanning from Madras to Demerara, this novel is so vividly told and so skilfully woven that you'll find yourself visualizing the story as you go along, in full colour with surround sound, smells and all. Three children, two countries, three stories, three different decades - separate, yet cohesively bonded into one epic saga.

What did happen to Miss Quested in the Marabar Caves? This tantalising question provides the intense drama at the centre of Forster's last and greatest novel, which explores racial tension in colonial India.