Hindoo Holiday by Jr Ackerley
In the 1920s, the young J. R. Ackerley spent several months in India as the personal secretary to the maharajah of a small Indian principality. In his journals, Ackerley recorded the Maharajah's fantastically eccentric habits and riddling conversations, and the odd shambling day-to-day life of his court. Hindoo Holiday is an intimate and very funny account of an exceedingly strange place, and one of the masterpieces of twentieth-century travel literature.J.R.Ackerley was born in Herne Hill, Kent, in 1896 and attended Rossall School and Cambridge's Magdalene College. He met E.M. in 1922. A deep friendship evolved between Forster and the two. Ackerley moved for India in 1923 to work as a Private Secretary to the Marharajah of Chhokrapur, which culminated in Hindoo Holiday, thanks to Forster's influence. He also worked for the BBC as an assistant producer and then as the Listener's literary editor.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780671707057 |
| ISBN 10 | 0671707051 |
| Title | Hindoo Holiday |
| Author | Jr Ackerley |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Poseidon Press |
| Year published | 1990-06-01 |
| Number of pages | 276 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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