Le retour d'Imray

A well-known resident of a small Indian station abruptly vanishes, leaving possessions behind and provoking only cursory inquiries. Months later his bungalow is taken by a police officer named Strickland, whose solitary habits and imposing dog become focal points of neighborhood observation. The story unfolds through rainy-season atmosphere, local rumor, and piecemeal investigations that accumulate hints about the vanished man and the community that forgot him. His eventual reappearance forces reckonings that expose private eccentricities and the complacent assumptions of those around him.