These Circuses That Sweepthrough the Landscape Stories

A fanatical collector of
beetles finds out too late where his passion has led him. A woman out on a
shopping spree in a glitzy mall finds she can’t go home again. A servant girl
experiences a cruel loss 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 cunning legacy of his own.