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The Thing About Thugs

2014-02-20 Fiction
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Release : 2014-02-20
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 741/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Thing About Thugs by : Tabish Khair

Download or read book The Thing About Thugs written by Tabish Khair. This book was released on 2014-02-20. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A subversive, macabre novel of a young Indian man’s misadventures in Victorian London as the city is racked by a series of murders In a small Bihari village, Captain William T. Meadows finds just the man to further his phrenological research back home: Amir Ali, confessed member of the infamous Thugee cult. With tales of a murderous youth redeemed, Ali gains passage to England, his villainously shaped skull there to be studied. Only Ali knows just how embroidered his story is, so when a killer begins depriving London’s underclass of their heads, suspicion naturally falls on the “thug.” With help from fellow immigrants led by a shrewd Punjabi woman, Ali journeys deep into a hostile city in an attempt to save himself and end the gruesome murders. Ranging from skull-lined mansions to underground tunnels a ghostly people call home, The Thing about Thugs is a feat of imagination to rival Wilkie Collins or Michael Chabon. Short-listed for the 2010 Man Asian Literary Prize, this sly Victorian role reversal marks the arrival of a compelling new Indian novelist to North America.

Among the Thugs

2013-04-24 Sports & Recreation
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Release : 2013-04-24
Genre : Sports & Recreation
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Book Rating : 516/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Among the Thugs by : Bill Buford

Download or read book Among the Thugs written by Bill Buford. This book was released on 2013-04-24. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They have names like Barmy Bernie, Daft Donald, and Steamin' Sammy. They like lager (in huge quantities), the Queen, football clubs (especially Manchester United), and themselves. Their dislike encompasses the rest of the known universe, and England's soccer thugs express it in ways that range from mere vandalism to riots that terrorize entire cities. Now Bill Buford, editor of the prestigious journal Granta, enters this alternate society and records both its savageries and its sinister allure with the social imagination of a George Orwell and the raw personal engagement of a Hunter Thompson.

All the Ugly and Wonderful Things

2016-08-09 Fiction
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Release : 2016-08-09
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 134/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by : Bryn Greenwood

Download or read book All the Ugly and Wonderful Things written by Bryn Greenwood. This book was released on 2016-08-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Struggling to raise her little brother Donal, eight-year-old Wavy is the only responsible adult around. Obsessed with the constellations, she finds peace in the starry night sky above the fields behind her house, until one night her star-gazing causes an accident. After witnessing his motorcycle wreck, she forms an unusual friendship with one of her father's thugs, Kellen, a tattooed ex-con with a heart of gold. By the time Wavy is a teenager, her relationship with Kellen is the only tender thing in a brutal world of addicts and debauchery"--

The Thing about Thugs

2012 Fiction
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Release : 2012
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 604/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Thing about Thugs by : Tabish Khair

Download or read book The Thing about Thugs written by Tabish Khair. This book was released on 2012. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A subversive, darkly comic novel of a young Indian man's misadventures in Victorian London as the city is gripped by a series of gruesome murders. Shortlisted for the 2010 Man Asian Literary Prize, this sly update of the Gothic novel marks the new arrival of a compelling Indian voice in North America.

Thugs

2007-08-19 Political Science
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Release : 2007-08-19
Genre : Political Science
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Book Rating : 353/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Thugs by : Micah D. Halpern

Download or read book Thugs written by Micah D. Halpern. This book was released on 2007-08-19. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An incisive look into the lives, politics, and horrible deeds of fifty-six of history’s most notorious world leaders—and how they shaped our world for the worst. For the most notorious leaders in the history of the world, evil is more than just a moment of weakness—it’s a way of life. For every noble king, righteous emperor, and peace-loving president, history seems to serve up a double portion of murderous pharaohs, deranged dictators, or corrupt czars. Thugs probes this dark and twisted side of raw human power—from France’s King Louis XIV to China’s Mao Tse-Tung and everywhere in between. It’s a fascinating peek into the lives of the rich and infamous, the sour crème de la crème. Some, like Herod the Great, earned villainous reputations for slaughtering their own family members and countrymen. Others, like Egypt’s King Farouk, were almost laughable in their misdeeds, amassing the world’s largest collection of pornography. Then there are those leaders, such as Hitler, who committed acts of such unspeakable evil that their names are uttered as curses. From Filipino first lady Imelda Marcos’s bullet-proof bras to African strongman Ide Amin’s bizarre fixation with all things Scottish, Micah D. Halpern turns the yellowed pages of history and contemporary news accounts to profile the bewildering, outrageous, horrific, gut-wrenching, zany, and tragicomic behavior of the world’s worst leaders. Praise for Thugs “Written in short, easy-to-digest sentences, columnist and historian Halpern fills his brief sketches with colorful, terrible details in the manner of that rare, beloved history teacher whose lectures stir rapture in a nap-prone student body.” —Publishers Weekly

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