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Burma sahib : a novel /

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Mariner Books, [2024]Copyright date: �2024Edition: First editionDescription: 390 pages : illustration ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780063297548
  • 006329754X
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 813/.54 23/eng/20240110
LOC classification:
  • PS3570.H4 B87 2024
Summary: "At age nineteen, young Eton graduate Eric Blair set sail for India, dreading the assignment ahead. Along with several other young conscripts, he would be trained for three years as a servant of the British Empire, overseeing the local policemen in Burma. Navigating the social, racial, and class politics of his fellow British at the same time as he learned the local languages and struggled to control his men would prove difficult enough. But doing all of this while grappling with his own self-worth, his sense that he was not cut out for this, is soon overwhelming for the young Blair. Eventually, his clashes with his superiors, and the drama that unfolds in this hot, beautiful land, will change him forever"--
List(s) this item appears in: New Adult Fiction
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
F F Chamberlin Free Public Library Fiction F THE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Checked out 05/11/2024 34480000605521

"At age nineteen, young Eton graduate Eric Blair set sail for India, dreading the assignment ahead. Along with several other young conscripts, he would be trained for three years as a servant of the British Empire, overseeing the local policemen in Burma. Navigating the social, racial, and class politics of his fellow British at the same time as he learned the local languages and struggled to control his men would prove difficult enough. But doing all of this while grappling with his own self-worth, his sense that he was not cut out for this, is soon overwhelming for the young Blair. Eventually, his clashes with his superiors, and the drama that unfolds in this hot, beautiful land, will change him forever"--

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