January, 1913, Cambridge. G.H. Hardy - eccentric, charismatic
and considered the greatest British mathematician of his age -
receives a mysterious envelope covered with Indian stamps. Inside
he finds a rambling letter from a self-professed mathematical
genius who claims to be on the brink of solving the most important
mathematical problem of his time. Hardy determines to learn more
about this mysterious Indian clerk, Srinivasa Ramanujan, a decision
that will profoundly affect not only his own life, and that of his
friends, but the entire history of mathematics.
Set against the backdrop of the First World War, and populated with
such luminaries as D.H. Lawrence and Bertrand Russell, The
Indian Clerk is an utterly compelling story about our need to
find order in the world.
