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The Siege Of Krishnapur
- Author
- J.G. Farrell
- Narrator
- Peter Wickham
- Publisher
- Orion
- Publish Date
- 14 June 2018
- Run Time
- 13 hours 2 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
The Siege of Krishnapur is a modern classic of narrative excitement that also digs deep to explore some fundamental questions of civilisation and life.
(p) Orion Publishing Group 2018
Critics Review
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While I can't categorically state it's the best book ever, I find it hard to think of one that I prefer. One that does more as a work of fiction, or that says more about our flawed humanity . . . The Siege of Krishnapur is a superb portrayal of physical horrors and psychological fallout . . . [It] is wonderfully funny, written with devastating wit and rambunctious humanity. I can't praise it enough - and I can't push it enough
Guardian
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Inspired, funny but ultimately tragic look at colonialism in India. It has an unusual exuberance
Mariella Frostrup
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For a novel to be witty is one thing, to tell a good story is another, to be serious is yet another, but to be all three is surely enough to make it a masterpiece
New Statesman
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A novel of quite outstanding quality
The Times
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Details
- Author
- J.G. Farrell
- Narrator
- Peter Wickham
- Duration
- 13 hours 2 minutes
- Release Date
- 14 June 2018
- ISBN
- 9781409178880
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Orion
- Genre
- Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general
Synopsis
In the Spring of 1857, with India on the brink of a violent and bloody mutiny, Krishnapur is a remote town on the vast North Indian plain. For the British there, life is orderly and genteel. Then the sepoys at the nearest military cantonment rise in revolt and the British community retreats with shock into the Residency. They prepare to fight for their lives with what weapons they can muster. As food and ammunition grow short, the Residency, its defences battered by shot and shell and eroded by the rains, becomes ever more vulnerable.The Siege of Krishnapur is a modern classic of narrative excitement that also digs deep to explore some fundamental questions of civilisation and life.(p) Orion Publishing Group 2018
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