Bold and entertaining, Leela'¬"s Book weaves a tale of contemporary Delhi that crosses religious and social boundaries. Leela'¬ ;alluring, taciturn, haunted'¬ ;is moving from New York back to Delhi, where her return will unsettle precariously balanced lives. Twenty-five years earlier, her sister was seduced by the egotistical Vyasa. Now an eminent Sanskrit scholar, Vyasa is preparing for his son'¬"s marriage. But when Leela arrives, she disrupts the careful choreography of the wedding, with its myriad attendees and their conflicting desires. Gleefully presiding over the drama is Ganesh'¬ ;divine, ­elephant-headed scribe of the Mahabharata, India'¬"s great epic. The family may think they have arranged the wedding for their own selfish ends, but according to Ganesh it is he who is directing events'¬ ;in a bid to save Leela, his beloved heroine, from Vyasa.