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Hindoo Holiday: An Indian Journal (Penguin Modern Classics)

Hindoo Holiday: An Indian Journal (Penguin Modern Classics)

by William Dalrymple (Introduction), J. R. Ackerley (Author)

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Synopsis

In the 1920s, the young J. R. Ackerley spent several months in India as the personal secretary to the maharajah of a small Indian principality. In his journals, Ackerley recorded the Maharajah's fantastically eccentric habits and riddling conversations, and the odd shambling day-to-day life of his court. Hindoo Holiday is an intimate and very funny account of an exceedingly strange place, and one of the masterpieces of twentieth-century travel literature.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 288
 Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: 26 Mar 2009
ISBN 10: 0141189258
ISBN 13: 9780141189253

Author Bio
J. R. Ackerley was born in Herne Hill, Kent, in 1896 and educated at Rossall School and Magdalene College, Cambridge. In 1922 he met E.M. Forster and the two developed a close friendship. It was through Forster's influence that Ackerley left for India in 1923 to work as Private Secretary to the Marharajah of Chhokrapur, which resulted in Hindoo Holiday. He also worked as an assistant producer for the BBC and later as literary editor of the Listener.