A pale-skinned baby is born in India at the turn of the 20th century. Revered at first, Pran Nath is later cast out of his wealthy home - a changeling. This is the story of his journey of self-discovery, from the streets of Agra and the red-light district of Bombay to the lawns of England.

In India, at the birth of the last century, an infant is brought howling into the world, his remarkable paleness marking him out from his brown-skinned fellows. Revered at first, he is later cast out form his wealthy home when his true parentage is revealed. So begins Pran Nath's odyssey of self-discovery - a journey that will take him from the streets of Agra, via the red light district of Bombay, to the green lawns of England and beyond - as he struggles to understand who he really is.