The Thing About Thugs
by Khair, Tabish
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0547731604
- ISBN 13
- 9780547731605
- Seller
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Synopsis
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 for the 2010 Man Asian Literary Prize, this sly Victorian role reversal marks the arrival of a compelling new Indian novelist to North America.
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- Bookseller
- Earthlight Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 231008008
- Title
- The Thing About Thugs
- Author
- Khair, Tabish
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0547731604
- ISBN 13
- 9780547731605
- Publisher
- Mariner Books
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 2012-07-23
- Size
- 5x1x8
- X weight
- 14 oz
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