Godden has written six other novels about India: The Lady and the Unicorn (1937), Black Narcissus (1939), Breakfast with the Nikolides (1942), The River (1946), Kingfishers Catch Fire (1953), and The Dark Horse (1982). The Lady and the Unicorn centers on a dilapidated old house in Calcutta which is residence to a lovely little lady who comes and goes in an ancient carriage. Black Narcissus describes the struggle and ultimate failure of a group of Anglican nuns to establish a hospital in the foothills of the Himalayas. The eternal, brooding, imponderable nature of the Himalayas sets the tone for the novel. Breakfast with the Nikolides combines an Indian setting with the struggle of children in an adult world. It tells of a mother's decision to kill her children's dog, suspected of rabies, while they are safely at breakfast with friends. The River describes a vacation along a river through the Indian jungles...