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The siege of Krishnapur

The siege of Krishnapur

J.G. Farrell · 1973 · 344 pages

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Winner of the 1973 Booker Prize, this story is set in Spring of 1857, with India on the brink of a bloody mutiny. Then the Sepoys at the military cantonment revolt and the British community retreats into the Residency. As food and ammunition grow short, the Residency becomes ever more vulnerable.

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