Son of the circus. John Irving. 1994.

Born a Parsi in Bombay, sent to university and medical school in Vienna, Dr Farrokh Daruwalla is a Canadian citizen - a 59-year-old orthopaedic surgeon, living in Toronto. Periodically, the doctor returns to India; in Bombay, most of his patients are crippled children.

once, 20 years ago, Dr Daruwalla was the examining physician of two murder victims in Goa. Now, 20 years later, the doctor will be reacquainted with the murderer.