<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><i>I'm not much now, I know, but I will be. So pick me Jyoti and I swear I will make us the greatest adventure you ever have. </i><br/><i><br/></i>On a stormy night in 1954, a woman doomed to marry one of five men discovers the wildcard choice might just be the person she'd been hoping for all along. <i>An Adventure</i> follows headstrong Jyoti and her fumbling suitor Rasik as they ride the crest of the fall of the Empire from the shores of post-Partition India to the forests of Mau Mau Kenya onto the industrial upheaval of 1970s London and the present day.<br/><br/>But what happens when youthful ambitions crash hard against reality? When you look back at the story of your time together, can you bear to ask yourself: was it all worth it?<br/><br/>Witty, charming and full of fearless historical insight, <i>An Adventure</i> is an epic, technicolour love story from one of the country's most promising young writers about the people who journeyed to British shores in hope and shaped the country we live in today.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>tender, lyrical study of migration and upheaval<br/>The Stage<br><br>It's a global story told on the ground, seismic political shifts seen through people's real lives and it's that which makes <i>An Adventure</i> so entrancing. Character comes first, and Patel makes us care for everyone on his stage; all of them doing their best to live well.<br/>WhatsOnStage<br><br>Patel combines a gift for creating complex characters with a piercing emotional intelligence.<br/>Evening Standard<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Vinay Patel</b>'s debut full-length play, <i>True Brits</i><i> </i>- written as part of his attachment to HighTide Festival Theatre and published by Methuen Drama - premiered at Assembly Hall, Edinburgh Fringe 2014. It went on to be part of the Bush Theatre's new writing season, RADAR and ended with a three-week run at the Vault Festival in February 2015. The follow up, <i>Free Fall</i>, opened at the Pleasance Islington in October 2014 and was nominated for three Off West End awards. Vinay's next play, <i>An Adventure</i><b> </b>will open at the Bush Theatre in September 2018. His first piece for television, 'Murdered by My Father' (A brave piece of television, five stars - The Telegraph), was released on BBC3 online in March 2016 and was rebroadcast on BBC1 in April. For this work, he was selected as a 2016 BAFTA Breakthrough Brit. Elsewhere, he has contributed to the bestselling collection of essays, <i>The Good Immigrant </i>and is currently working on projects for the BBC, the National Theatre and Paines Plough.