Why Skylark loves this book
Reading between the lines of George Orwell's "Burma Days"--a bland, fictional version of his posting as young policeman--the author fabricated an in-depth picture of an Englishman who has "gone native" and loves doing so. Burma Sahib has the ring of truth, told by a traveler whose experiences in Asia provides a more plausible tale than the original. Kipling's ghost probably had a good laugh.
3 authors picked Burma Sahib as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.
Chosen by John Irving in the New York Times as One of the Best Books of the 21st Century
“Paul Theroux has exploited this biographical lacuna with great shrewdness and gusto… his fictional account of Blair’s life there [Burma] is a valid and entirely credible attempt to add flesh to the skeletal facts we have of this time. […]this novel is one of his finest, in a long and redoubtable oeuvre.” —New York Times Book Review
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