by RudyardKipling (Author)
Kim is an orphan who earns his living begging on the streets of Lahore. One day he befriends an aged Tibetan Lama who, although content to live simply in India, is a rich and powerful abbot in his own country. When the Lama recruits Kim as a disciple and then funds his education at an English public school an adventure begins that will take the unlikely pair to the Himalayas on a thrilling journey of espionage and enlightenment.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 320
Publisher: Vintage Classics
Published: 04 Feb 2010
ISBN 10: 0099540789
ISBN 13: 9780099540786
Book Overview: 'Rudyard Kipling's masterpiece, and it's one of the dozen books I should most like to have written myself' Geoffrey Moorhouse