{"product_id":"9780670091041-r1-g2-2895","title":"The Kipling File (City Plans) by Kakar, Sudhir | Hardcover |  Subject: Contemporary Fiction | Item Code:R1|G2|2895","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the cultural hub of 1880s' Lahore Kay Robinson has taken over as editor of the \u003ci\u003eCivil and Military Gazette\u003c\/i\u003e. Assisting him is the young and impressionable Rudyard Kipling, a lonely, impulsive man who dreams of becoming a writer. Kipling's literary pursuits have been dismissed as fanciful and foolish by his previous boss. But Robinson is different. He encourages the young 'Ruddy', allowing him greater creative freedom at the \u003ci\u003eGazette\u003c\/i\u003e. As he becomes Ruddy's friend and confidant, Robinson gains access to intimate glimpses of the Kipling family, where he is smitten by Ruddy's sister Trix. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNarrated by Robinson, \u003ci\u003eThe Kipling File\u003c\/i\u003e is a moving story of doomed friendship and difficult love recounted against the powerful backdrop of Anglo-Indian life in a Punjab that has begun to stir with anti-colonial sentiment. Through his eyes unfold the turmoils that shaped the author of beloved classics like \u003ci\u003eThe Jungle Book\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eKim\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Sudhir Kakar's luminous prose, Kipling emerges as a man of compelling contradictions-a mercurial genius whose immense talent was in pitched battle with his inner demons.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Used Good | Hardcover","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":37000247640227,"sku":"9780670091041-r1-g2-2895","price":99.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0249\/3857\/8002\/products\/61BBWLic_qL.jpg?v=1605476848","url":"https:\/\/www.worthing.in\/products\/9780670091041-r1-g2-2895","provider":"Worthing.in","version":"1.0","type":"link"}