Kim

Details: "When his father and mother die he is left an orphan and grows up half lrish, half Indian. His adventures begin when a Tibetan lama enters his life and he becomes his disciple. From Lahore they wander through India, the lama in search of the cleansing river, Kim in search of his lost inheritance. As they begin their quest on the roads and railways, all India rolls by them in a tale of magical charm. And on the dangerous northern borders Kim is drawn ever more deeply into the work of the British secret service. Kim is the finest of Kipling's novel - and Kim himself a mixture of innocence and guile, 'Oliver Twist and the Artful Dodger rolled into one'. The most comprehensive paperback edition available, with introduction, notes, glossary, selected criticism, text summary and chronology of Kipling's life and times"