Not to be mistaken for one of his dozen or so [[The Kingdom by the Sea: A Journey Around the Coast of Great Britain|travel books]], ''The Elephanta Suite'' is in fact the 29th work of fiction by Paul Theroux in the past 40 years. As its title hints, it is a suite of three interlinked novellas. The main link is their location: India. The literal suite is also part of a Mumbai hotel briefly occupied by people in each story, which also share some minor and major characters.