this is it: the ultimate gap year - the year between finishing school and starting university. what is more logical for english youngsters to spend some time of that year in the most prominent former british colony? this book describes ALL the TRUE CLICHÉS one has about british "boys" spending some time abroad in india in order to "get some experience in life". Luckily, they grow up a little during the course of the novel and it is a lot of fun to follow their blunders as well as their trip through india! note: this could be an ideal holiday read :P