A book that will give all your emotions a workout. The story is entwined with love, hate, murder, international intrigue, Pearly Kings and Queens, south east London folk and the remedy for world starvation. If that is not enough you have one of the central characters, Amir, The Blind Iranian Long Jumper to accompany you through the book and to cheer on at the Olympics in London. The action moves around from London to Bristol to Paris via romantic locations in Italy and rural China. you just don't know who will feature on the next page in this fast moving and easy to read piece of fiction