Bane goes to the hinterland of Kassaku (a parallel to Guyana) to work as a teacher at St. David's Anglican School. Staying at Mr. Sampat's home, he has to battle with the double agony of Mr. Sampat's distrust of him and of the two Sampat girls, Moreen and Riya. Jealous of Bane, Moreen's boyfriend, William, attempts to stab Bane, but his knife plunges into the heart of Moreen and kills her instead. The novel also has adventitious stories of Father Hodge's prison life in Stalug Luft in Germany and of the Spaniards' coming to the Caribbean, exploring history, traditions and the rain forest of South America to tell a story that has journeys and implications both in the inner and outer worlds. Churaumanie Bissundyal is a Guyanese American writer who has completed six novels, one nonfiction, five books of poems, three screenplays, and ten plays. In 1988, his play From Ganges to Demerary was staged at Samuell Beckett's Theatre, York University, Toronto, Canada. He won the prestigious American award, The Vera Rubin Residency Award, at Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, New York. He holds an MFA degree (a master's degree in fine arts) and a Ph. D. degree in interdisciplinary studies.