About the Book: Our Friends in Good Houses by Rahul Pandita follows Neel, a journalist drawn to war zones, where his feeling of not belonging seems to drop away. Outside those conflict-scenes, he’s in pursuit — a home, some solid ground — a journey that takes him from America back to the urban dystopia of Delhi, and into fleeting relationships that shine briefly with the promise of refuge. Haunted by his past and exiled from the present, Neel wonders: will the quiet anchorage he seeks come from the short-term dwellings and the objects he acquires — coffee percolators, rugs, posters, pen knives — or is the home he craves elsewhere, not in the noise and blood and longing outside, but in a sanctuary within? Vulnerable, provocative and astute, this novel is one of the finest explorations yet of the long road to a place called home.