by Pankaj Mishra, J.G. Farrell
Later, while he was drinking tea at the table in his bedroom with three young subalterns from Captainganj a succession of musket balls came through the winder, attracted by the oil-lamp . . . one, two, three and then a fourth, one after another. The officers dived smartly under the table, leaving th...
Bookshelves: read | one-penny-wonder | historical-fiction | satire | victoriana | plague-disease | adventure | pulitzer | war | books-with-a-passport | published-1973 | subcontinent Finished on Aug 19, 2009 1 of: Siege of Krishnapur [Paperback:] By: J.G. FarrellCondition: Used - Accep...
Young Farrell has done his research, and is perhaps a little over-zealous in exploiting opportunities to display his knowledge of Victorian warfare. Some of his grisly descriptions might have been spared. At times though, the narrative sparkles with good humour, irony and the flawed intelligence of ...
I loved this, possibly (but just possibly) more than Troubles. I don't know! They are different and yet similar, which is a completely unhelpful thing to say, especially if you haven't read Troubles. But they both have eccentric British people in increasingly desperate and perilous situations under ...
bookshelves: subcontinent, adventure, books-with-a-passport, historical-fiction, pulitzer, one-penny-wonder, war, published-1973, victoriana, satire, plague-disease Recommended to ☯Bettie☯ by: Indian Lit Group here on GR Read in August, 2009 1 of: Siege of Krishnapur [Paperback:] By: J.G. Farrel...
If the empire crumbled down quietly in [b:Troubles|256279|Troubles|J.G. Farrell|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1320553126s/256279.jpg|1391244], british India shouted their indignation loudly. Canon blazed, bullets whizzed past, the stink ruled and at the periphery the natives picknicked and watched th...
Yet another book that I liked but didn't love. There were times when I found it hard to go back to - there was never, for me, any drive to see what happened next.The book takes a curiously meandering approach to the English under siege in Krishnapur. Maybe that's what a siege is like - long days of ...
fairly enjoyable overall and the period details are particularly fascinating. or maybe i just have a thing for the specific era on display. unfortunately something left me cold about this novel. perhaps it was the lack of old-fashioned adventure in what was a tale of a very bloody and very lengthy s...
1 of: Siege of Krishnapur [Paperback:] By: J.G. FarrellCondition: Used - AcceptableSold by: grabmore £0.01Whoever had this copy first did not read further than page 177 as it's virgin from that point.Brazil next - the lovely Laura.You know, history is such a plot spoiler. Oh! and titles of course, d...
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