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KimOn the coverRoyal Elephant at the Gateway to the Jami Masjid, Mathura, Edwin Lord Weeks, 1895
Kim
An orphaned boy runs wild in the bazaars of Lahore, then travels the Grand Trunk Road as disciple to a wandering Tibetan lama, and is drawn into the “Great Game” of imperial espionage. Kipling’s vivid, affectionate love letter to India.
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A sunlit, teeming adventure through the whole rich sweep of colonial India, and a surprisingly tender story of a boy between two worlds. Kipling’s warmest and best book.
SettingIndia, 1890s
British India at the height of the Raj, a vast subcontinent of holy men, spies, soldiers, and pilgrims, glimpsed from the dusty freedom of the open road.