Sinopsis

"Terrific and terrifying in equal measure."—Tim Moore, author of French Revolutions

"Vanessa Able is doggedly intrepid, deliciously acerbic, keenly inquisitive and quite possibly mental."—Time Out India

Newly single travel writer Vanessa Able is back home living with her parents when she hatches an idea she hopes will set her life on a new trajectory. She's going to drive the circumference of India in the cheapest car in the world, the Tata Nano, symbol of the aspirations of India's new, rising middle class.

What ensues is a hilarious, high-octane adventure. Taking any help she can get—from loopy spiritual gurus to professional driving instructors—she drives her way around an alien road network through India's white-knuckle traffic. Narrowly escaping death by truck, she also comes to appreciate the true kings of the dusty tarmac: the bullocks. En route, she falls hopelessly in love with a mathematician named Thor who might...