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The Indian writer’s 1999 novel, written between ‘A Suitable Boy’ and his later memoir, follows Michael Holme, a London-based violinist in a string quartet, whose great love Julia, returns to his life years after she vanished. She is married now, with a child, and is also gradually going deaf. Seth writes music and longing with equal precision. The book understands that the love you cannot quite have is sometimes the one that shapes a whole life.