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The Siege of Krishnapur
The Siege of Krishnapur
Author: J. G. Farrell
ISBN-13: 9780786704842
ISBN-10: 0786704845
Publication Date: 12/1997
Pages: 344
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Publisher: Carroll Graf Pub
Book Type: Paperback
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hardtack avatar reviewed The Siege of Krishnapur on + 2699 more book reviews
An interesting, fictional account of the Sepoy Mutiny in India. It also parodies the class distinctions of the British and many of their beliefs. I especially enjoyed the arguments of two doctors about how cholera is transmitted.

This book received the Brooker Prize, a prestigious literary award conferred each year for the best single work of sustained fiction written in the English language, which was published in the United Kingdom and/or Ireland.