The Thing about Thugs by English Teacher Tabish Khair

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The Thing about Thugs by English Teacher Tabish Khair

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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Tabish Khair is a poet and author who has received critical recognition. Further research in fields as disparate as Indian English literature, travel writing, postcolonialism, and gothic fiction has been regarded as significant contributions. He has won the All India Poetry Award, and his novels have been shortlisted for a number of major awards and have been translated into a number of languages. The Man Asian Literary Prize (2010) and the DSC Prize for South Asian Writing (2012) both have The Thing about Thugs on their shortlists. He is currently a professor of English at Aarhus University in Denmark.

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ISBN 13 9780547731605
ISBN 10 0547731604
Title The Thing about Thugs
Author Tabish Khair
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Mariner Books
Year published 2012-07-24
Number of pages 256
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.