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  • Published: 1 February 2011
  • ISBN: 9781409058519
  • Imprint: Vintage Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 320

Kim





'Rudyard Kipling's masterpiece, and it's one of the dozen books I should most like to have written myself' Geoffrey Moorhouse

'No summary can do this marvellous, rich and unforgettable novel anything like justice' Philip Pullman

Kim is an orphan who earns his living begging on the streets of Lahore. One day he befriends an aged Tibetan Lama who, although content to live simply in India, is a rich and powerful abbot in his own country. When the Lama recruits Kim as a disciple and then funds his education at an English public school an adventure begins that will take the unlikely pair to the Himalayas on a thrilling journey of espionage and enlightenment.

'The greatest of all Kipling's books' E. M. Forster

  • Published: 1 February 2011
  • ISBN: 9781409058519
  • Imprint: Vintage Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 320

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Praise for Kim

A ripping yarn

Diana Quick

As fresh and clear as the air of its Indian mountains setting. The Tibetan magic in it appeals to children, the exotic spirituality to us workers and the dusty adventures of the Grand Trunk Road and the Great Game to anyone

Daily Telegraph

I don't just admire, I adore Kim

Mark Tully

I loved Rudyard Kipling's Kim'

Belle du Jour

I'm a passionate fan of Kipling. I think Kim is a singular and extraordinary novel, one of the greatest in English

A. A. Gill

No summary can do this marvellous, rich and unforgettable novel anything like justice

Philip Pullman

The great adventure of identity, intrigue and India, and several other things too, including the extraordinary potency of words

Guardian

The greatest of all Kipling's books

E. M. Forster