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Not having read Kipling since probably 3rd grade and nothing past Rikki-Tikki-Tavi and Jungle Book this is a remarkably pleasant collection of much more grown up stories (though I don't think I've read any better than Rikki so far, or probably will).Not having read Kipling since probably 3rd grade and nothing past Rikki-Tikki-Tavi and Jungle Book this is a remarkably pleasant collection of much more grown up stories (though I don't think I've read any better than Rikki so far, or probably will). It continues to be a bit strange to read about Britons in India not just as invaders or conquerors but as people that live there and love it or even just treat is as their normal habitat, more like stories of American Western pioneers.
Well written short stories without the endlessly flat frustration, futility, depression that irks me about much contemporary fiction I pick up....more
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