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Item Details
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THE THING ABOUT THUGS
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| By: |
Tabish Khair |
| Format: |
Electronic book text |
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£3.98 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1472112741 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781472112743 |
| Publisher: |
LITTLE, BROWN BOOK GROUP |
| Pub. date: |
20 February, 2014 |
| Edition: |
Digital original |
| Description: |
In a small Bihari village, Captain William T Meadows finds just the man to further his phrenological research back home: Amir Ali, confessed member of the infamous Thugee cult. With tales of a murderous youth redeemed, Ali gains passage to England, his villainously shaped skull there to be studied. |
| Synopsis: |
A subversive, macabre novel of a young Indian man's misadventures in Victorian London as the city is racked by a series of murdersIn a small Bihari village, Captain William T. Meadows finds just the man to further his phrenological research back home: Amir Ali, confessed member of the infamous Thugee cult. With tales of a murderous youth redeemed, Ali gains passage to England, his villainously shaped skull there to be studied. Only Ali knows just how embroidered his story is, so when a killer begins depriving London's underclass of their heads, suspicion naturally falls on the "thug." With help from fellow immigrants led by a shrewd Punjabi woman, Ali journeys deep into a hostile city in an attempt to save himself and end the gruesome murders.Ranging from skull-lined mansions to underground tunnels a ghostly people call home, The Thing about Thugs is a feat of imagination to rival Wilkie Collins or Michael Chabon. Short-listed for the 2010 Man Asian Literary Prize, this sly Victorian role reversal marks the arrival of a compelling new Indian novelist to North America. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Corsair |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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