About the book: year / Due to the fault of Henry Brower, during colonial India, a Hindu boy died in Bombay. The boy's father placed a curse on the culprit. From now on, any living creature he touches with his hand is doomed to death. And Henry, with this curse, returns to New York. He lives, trying to communicate with people as little as possible, but the curse is inexorable and it begins to come true.