Breakfast with the Nikolides

By the author of Black Narcissus and The River

''One of our best and most captivating novelists'' PHILIP HENSHER

''She has distilled in simple, luminous prose the experiences of expatriate India, of childhood and its innocence'' LUCY HUGHES-HALLET, SUNDAY TIMES

''[Godden has] a genius for storytelling'' EVENING STANDARD

For Emily Pool, India is a magical place where she has the freedom to escape her...