Synopsis
India, 1857 - the year of the Great Mutiny, when Muslim soldiers turned in bloody rebellion on their British overlords.
This time of convulsion is the subject of The Siege of Krishnapur, widely considered to the one of the finest British novels of the last fifty years.
A witty and individual take on the many traditions and follies of Empire, it is also a gripping account of survival under siege, illuminating how extreme conditions can influence and affect people's behaviour and the human spirit.
©1974 The Estate of J.G. Farrell (P)2013 Canongate Books Ltd
Release date: June 23, 2010
Publisher: NYRB Classics
Print pages: 376
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