One of his accomplishments in to quell an Indian uprising and in this he is aided by Muhtab, a Muslim, and Hareem, a Hindi – and nowhere is their quisling role questioned. Kim takes to the streets on a quest for enlightenment with a Buddhist Lama, but is able to serve His Majesty in various other ways as well, including acquiring precious papers implicating an Indian prince’s conspiracy with Russians to the north. A certain Commander recognises his potential as an ‘agent’ because he is familiar with Indian street life and its languages. One day he is captured by the British, who find his ID papers in a scapula around his neck – and they send him off to school. He is orphaned by a sick mother and a feckless Irish father in service in India, and he lives in the streets. Kim is a boy enlisted by chance to work for the British Secret Service in India. It’s one of those classic books I always meant to read, one that’s part of my British heritage which is known around the world because of Kipling’s influence on the scouting movement. Kim by Rudyard Kipling, winner of the Nobel Prize in 1907 1st November, 2003 To see my progress with completing the Read the Nobels Challenge, see here. An occasional series, cross-posting my reviews from Read the Nobels.
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