Kip, the emotionally detached Indian sapper - each is haunted in different ways by the man they know only as the English patient, a nameless burn victim who lies in an upstairs room. and also of forbidden love, suffering and betrayal - illuminate the story, and leave all the characters for ever chan...

Kip, the emotionally detached Indian sapper - each is haunted in different ways by the man they know only as the English patient, a nameless burn victim who lies in an upstairs room. and also of forbidden love, suffering and betrayal - illuminate the story, and leave all the characters for ever changed.