| Title | : | The Thing about Thugs |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.98 (928 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0547731604 |
| Format Type | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2012-07-24 |
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A subversive, macabre novel of a young Indian man’s misadventures in Victorian London as the city is racked by a series of murders
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. 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 f
Editorial : "A complex, thoughtful novelKhair takes two large, mainly invisible cultural narrativesand blends them in powerful and enlightening waysA fascinating and emotionally moving novel for fans of literary fiction." -- Library Journal
"Authentic and deeply thought-provoking. Readers who enjoy Collins and Dickens will recognize their influence on Khair and revel in his creation." -- Booklist, STARRED
Good overview of OCM & commitment.. Many Engineering text books lately do not seem to be written well. However, I thought the author handled the material well without sermonizing about politics. President Clinton not only honored Zumwalt with the Medal of Freedom but he also gave the eulogy as a sitting President at his funeral.
Berman resides in Atlanta and is the founding dean of the Honors College at Georgia State University and has written four books. But it will make absorbing reading for all children. Why talk of his words alone? If one has the ability to understand, his very gaze and gait, his action and inaction, inhaling and exhaling--everything about him is full of meaning."
But lest an impression that the entirety of "Letters" is bhaktic paeans arise, please rest assured that the book is filled with gems as radiant as those in "Day by Day." The 'Go back the way you came story' is captured within, for instance, as is Sri Ramana's discussion of his boyhood Sel
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