The Book of Secrets : A Novel Book

In 1988, a retired schoolteacher named Pius Fernandes receives an old diary found in the back room of an East African shop. Written in 1913 by a British colonial administrator, the diary captivates Fernandes, who begins to research the coded history he encounters in its terse, laconic entries. What he uncovers is a story of forbidden liaisons and simmering vengeances, family secrets and cultural exiles—a story that leads him on an investigative journey through his own past and Africa's.

The Book of Secrets begins in 1988, when the 1913 diary of a British colonial administrator is found in a shopkeeper's dusty backroom. Retired schoolteacher Pius Fernandes is captured by the diary's coded history. His exploration of the stories and the people in its pages uncovers a multigenerational narrative of forbidden liaisons and family secrets.