Kim
by Rudyard Kipling
Taste attributes: adventurehistoricalespionagedramafastfresh & originalwholesomelightintricatelinearglossybig & variedcoming of agefish out of water/culture clashall consuming quest
Boxlist takeAn expansive adventure novel that is glossy, pacy and warm-hearted. Best if you like spectacle over intimacy.
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Pace: fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: wholesome · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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3.7 / 5
18 ratings
About This Book
Kim is Rudyard Kipling's story of an orphan born in colonial India and torn between love for his native India and the demands of Imperial loyalty to his Irish-English heritage and to the British Secret Service. Long recognized as Kipling's finest work, Kim was a key factor in his winning the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907.
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- Author
- Rudyard Kipling
- Published
- 1901
- Pages
- 286
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- Open Library
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