Dear Tolstoy, Yours Gandhi

Dear Tolstoy, Yours Gandhi tells the story of the unlikely friendship between an Indian lawyer and a Russian author−a friendship that led to the end of British rule in India, and set the stage for the American Civil Rights Movement, as well as the end of South African Apartheid.

Kiss skillfully weaves this tale of a shy lawyer, M. K. Gandhi, who dared to write to his long-time inspiration, Leo Tolstoy.

Seven years in the making, Dear Tolstoy, Yours Gandhi draws upon hundreds of letters, diary entries and original sources, to create a magnificent, deeply moving novel from a writer "whose understanding of human psychology never fails to thrill."

Reviews

"A triumphant, controversial, and fascinating plunge into a mentor-mentee relationship . . . Irresistible."
"Gorgeous . . . Moves with the pace of a thriller."
"This novel is a courageous tribute to Gandhi and his universal teachings. It has a stubborn honesty that feeds the soul."
"Painstakingly researched, beautifully hewn, compulsively readable . . . Not to be missed."