The Outsider: A Memoir for Misfits

When Vir found himself stranded on a pier in Cozumel, Mexico, watching his cruise ship sail away without him because he was having visa issues, he realized it was a metaphor for his life: He's an outsider and he always will be. Standing on that beach, he took in the absurdity of his reality--broke, hungover, dumped, jobless, trousers full of sand. He only knew one way to deal with it all: He had to laugh.

Vir's story is one of cultural dissonance and a search for identity. As a child, he bounced from India to Nigeria and back again. He navigated life between worlds, never quite fitting in. In Africa, he was the kid from India, and back in India, he was the kid from Africa.