"A man and a woman meet in a midnight road accident and fall in love. A reporter arrives in a small town to uncover the story of a child's rape and murder. And a young girl, shaken by suicides in her neighbourhood, begins to fear for her parents' lives." "These three tales come together in the looking-glass world of Raj Kamal Jha's novel, where nothing is quite what it seems. And yet, at the same time, everything is strangely familiar." "If You Are Afraid of Heights is an odyssey across the landscape of a changing urban India. It follows neglected lives, trapped in despair, as they take off on their private flights of hope. And then watches them, with compassion and grace, as they descend to the reassuring depths of their secrets and their lives."--BOOK JACKET.