Intrigued by an unsettling photograph of a porn actress, a disillusioned journalist embarks on an investigation into the womans life, a journey that takes him to conflict-torn Burma into the lives of strangers who share rumors about a social worker who may be able to provide answers. By the author of The Point of Return. Readers Guide available. Reprint. 15,000 first printing. Intrigued by a disturbing photograph of a woman, a young journalist in Calcutta embarks on a quest to learn the story behind the violent incident captured on film -- a strange odyssey that leads him to a volatile remote corner of India mired in civil strife and sustained by timber, drugs, and guns. Yet the truth he hopes to uncover is as uncertain as the mysterious woman he seeks, smoldering dangerously on the border between illusion and reality.
