Publisher's Synopsis
A fanatical collector of beetles finds out tooate where his passion hased him. A woman out on a shopping spree in a glitzy mall finds she can't go home again. A servant girl experiences a crueloss of innocence when she eats something that wasn't meant for her. In the sweltering heat of Bombay, a schoolgirl finds the ground slipping beneath her feet except when she's watching Star Trek. Four friends meet for drinks one evening, only to find that their friendship is not what it seems. And, in the extraordinary title story, a student who has worshipped his teacher for decades comes to a terrible realization about him. Meanwhile, his old mentor is planning a cunningegacy of his own.
