Humorous and thoughtful, this fish-out-of-water tale follows an Indianimmigrant in Ireland. The migrant, a young doctor from an extremelywealthy and western medical family from Madras, arrives in Irelandwith high hopes. When he joins a Dublin hospital on a fellowship, hediscovers that, to many, he is just another “ foreign doctor.” His storiesof acclimation speak of identity, belonging, and the home (and meals)the young man left behind in this insightful but lighthearted novel.