Book description
Lev is a man who has come down in the world. Once a biological
scientist, he is now a chauffeur in 'that new Russia where physicists
wash windows and engineers drive trams'. So he decides to take his
somewhat lethal knowledge abroad; to offer his services to a foreign
government. But on the way from the airport his taxi is stopped, and he
is robbed. It is in this helpless state, alone and adrift in Delhi, that
Lev meets Maya. Beautiful, ferocious and utterly original, Maya has been
waiting for a man like Lev to walk into her life. Briefly they come
together, and Lev steps into the marvellous world that is Maya. But then
something terrible happens - something for which the Russian scientist
is blamed. The Brainfever Bird is an exquisite love story, a tale of
international intrigue and biological weapons, a literary thriller of
incredibly beauty, bursting with life, dreams and wonder.
I. Allan Sealy is the author of three novels -- The
Trotter-nama, Hero and The Everest Hotel, for which
he won the Crossword Award -- and a travel book, From Yukon to
Yucatan. He lives in the foothills of the Himalayas.
