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Ever since he first read Graham Greene, Pico Iyer has been obsessed by the figure of the writer and by one of the great themes of Greene’s work: what it means to be an outsider. Wherever he has travelled—usually as an outsider himself—Iyer has found reminders of Greene’s life, observed scenes that might have been written by Greene, written stories that recall Greene. Yet, as Iyer recounts the history of his obsession, another phantom image begins to assert itself, one that Iyer had long banished from his inner life—that of his father. About the Author PICO IYER is the author of seven works of non-fiction, including Video Night in Kathmandu, The Global Soul and, more recently, The Open Road, as well as two novels. An essayist for Time since 1986, he contributes regularly to The New York Times, The Financial Times, and many other magazines and newspapers on both sides of the Atlantic and Pacific.