"A Son of the Circus" by John Irving.

Born a Parsi in Bombay, sent to university and medical school in Vienna, Dr. Farrokh Daruwella 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 crippeled childeren.

Once, twenty years ago, Dr. Daruwella was the examining physician of two murder victims in Goa. Now twenty years later, the doctor will be reaqainted with the murderer.

The book may seem a bit boring in the beginning, but wait until the story captures you and you have to read until the very end.

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Updated 26-november-2003, Mirna