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The Tusk That Did the Damage
Tania James
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Description for The Tusk That Did the Damage
Paperback. When a young elephant is brutally orphaned by poachers, it is only a matter of time before he begins terrorising the countryside, earning his malevolent name from the humans he kills and then tenderly buries with leaves. Manu, the son of a rice farmer, loses his cousin to the Gravedigger and is drawn into the alluring world of ivory hunting. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Selected as a Book of the Year 2016 in the Guardian Shortlisted for the International Dylan Thomas Prize `One of the most compelling and unusual novels I've read this year.... A fascinating story of hunters and observers, old mythical gods and modern politics.' Sarah Hall, Guardian Books of the Year When a young elephant is brutally orphaned by poachers, it is only a matter of time before he begins terrorising the countryside, earning his malevolent name from the humans he kills and then tenderly buries with leaves. ... Read more
Selected as a Book of the Year 2016 in the Guardian Shortlisted for the International Dylan Thomas Prize `One of the most compelling and unusual novels I've read this year.... A fascinating story of hunters and observers, old mythical gods and modern politics.' Sarah Hall, Guardian Books of the Year When a young elephant is brutally orphaned by poachers, it is only a matter of time before he begins terrorising the countryside, earning his malevolent name from the humans he kills and then tenderly buries with leaves. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784700584
SKU
V9781784700584
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About Tania James
Tania James's debut novel Atlas of Unknowns was shortlisted for the DSC Prize for South Asian literature. Three stories from her story collection Aerogrammes were finalists for Best American Short Stories 2008 and 2011. From 2011-2012, she was a Fulbright fellow to India living in New Delhi. She now lives in Washington DC.
Reviews for The Tusk That Did the Damage
This gorgeously written novel is unlike anything I've ever read, and unlike anything you've ever read too.
Glamour
One of the most unusual and affecting books... a compulsively readable, devastating novel.
Jonathan Safran Foer The Tusk That Did the Damage will leave you breathless as you follow three narrators across the wild plains ... Read more
Glamour
One of the most unusual and affecting books... a compulsively readable, devastating novel.
Jonathan Safran Foer The Tusk That Did the Damage will leave you breathless as you follow three narrators across the wild plains ... Read more