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#TemptingTitles Day 12: #WithATown - another recent book haul from Big Bad wolf here in Dubai.

Next read! This is my second book of the Empire trilogy. I loved Farrell‘s style in Troubles, so I have high hopes for this one

Book 25 of 2021. #Reading1001 #1001Books

The British and mixed-race inhabitants of the fictitious town of Krishnapur are beseiged by the sepoys and their allies in 1857.

It didn't quite go in the direction I was expecting it to but it was interesting as an account of life under siege.

Cerebral indigestion

Fleury was confronted, as he toiled clumsily with the sponging rod in the dust and smoke, with a simple fact about human nature which he had never considered before: nobody is superior to anyone else, he only may be better at doing a specific thing.

It always makes me nervous to pack a new book for my commute. So much reading time wasted if it doesn‘t hold my attention!

#reading1001 #1001books this was a 5 Star read for me!

#1001books #reading1001

Set in India in 1857. In the fictional town of Krishnapur, there is a mutiny against the British. This town is only a little dot in a vast dusty terrain. But all my attention has been focussed here during this book.
The characters have won my heart, the Collector surrounded by all his valuable pieces of art , his English standards. What a shock when the Siege happens & takes away all that defined him. All the characters are changed.

#constantcraving #AugustGrrl
@Cinfhen
I found one ! The Padre is constantly craving for rest. Of the immortal kind, but how soon will he find it 💫

This book is an education for me. The writing is fantastic , the content bizarre. I'm fairly stunned , all the while I'm reading this..... in a good way

The Siege of Krishnapur does not have the X-ray feature on kindle 🙄so, its back to keeping notes beside me , I remember other Littens saying they do this too 😉

I had a hard time reading this book, it took me over a week while it isn't a difficult read. It just didn't capture me, despite the good plot and the English behaving so very Englishly even in the circumstances of their Residence being under siege. I don't know what was missing for me. #1001books #booker #manbooker Picture: Rothko Exhibition in The Hague