Publisher's Synopsis
"Escaping his guilt over the death of his father by trekking through Europe in the fall of 1986, 18-year-old Miles Townsend meets another man fleeing his troubles on a train from Paris to Spain. Vikram Bhat, an itinerant ex-academic living above the Hotel Kashmir in Barcelona, befriends Miles and invites him to visit his city, where Miles meets and falls in love with Vikram's roommate, Anna de Wit, a grad student with a genius for languages. While Miles pursues a romance with her (despite the presence of her current boyfriend, the insufferable but handsome Anders), Vikram's life is imploding. Arrested on a minor charge, Vikram is soon wanted by the police as a suspected terrorist. On the run, Vikram leaves a trail of breadcrumbs for Anna and Miles to follow, and they find him in Granada, where he plans to buy back a stolen case from the hotel's former desk clerk and Anders, Anna's now ex-boyfriend. Betrayed at the exchange for the case,
