"[I]t didn't serve for a sahib to be taken for a clodpoll of a griffin: if he wasn't fly to what was going on, it'd be all dickey with him, mighty jildee.... If he, Zachary, wasn't to be diddled and taken for a flat, he would have to learn to gubbrow the natives with a word or two of the zubben."......
don't judge a book by its cover,as is said,but not this book.This book has got both, an interesting cover and a fabulous story.With the backdrop of colonial india,this book focuses on opium production and its trading.with very interesting character this book strikes the right nodes.
I really wanted to enjoy this. I told myself I had to read at least 100 pages before abandoning it. Even though Abeer says it picks up after page 200, I couldn't stick with it that long. The story itself is good, but the characters seemed cardboard. The constant use of maritime jargon, pidgin, a...
This is the type of book that draws me in with language that I can wallow in. The seafaring slang and Indian colloquialisms create a setting that disorients and intrigues at the same time. If the next book were available, I'd have picked it up right away. How long will I have to wait??
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