Publisher, Blackstone Audiobooks (July 2009)

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“Kim gives a vivid picture of the complexities of India under British rule. Kipling’s vast canvas, crowded with action and movement, is painted in full detail, showing the life of the bazaar mystics, of the natives, and of the British military.” —Masterpieces of World Literature

Kimball O’Hara is the orphan son of a white father, but he runs free in the streets of India. As a boy, he shows self-reliance and resourcefulness, running errands for Mahbub Ali, who works for the British Secret Service. Kim also meets a Tibetan Lama who is on a quest to be freed from the Wheel of Life, and the boy attaches himself to the old man as a disciple. Together they have wonderful adventures on the exotically colorful Grand Trunk Road through the Indian countryside. Then Kim is pulled into the great game of British imperial espionage and becomes a member of the Secret Service, even capturing documents from the enemy spies. Yet Kim is greatly attached to the Lama and begins to feel the contrasting pulls between a life of contemplation and of action.

About the Author: Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was born in Bombay, India. At seventeen, he began work as a journalist and over the next seven years established an international reputation with his stories and verses of Indian and army life, including such classics as The Jungle Book and Kim. In 1907, he became the first English writer to receive the Nobel Prize.