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    The Deceivers
    The Deceivers
    The Deceivers
    Audiobook11 hours

    The Deceivers

    Written by John Masters

    Narrated by Patrick Tull

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    Around a low-burning fire in a jungle clearing, a small group of late travelers huddles: a merchant, a Sikh with his son, a farmer. Silently, two men, flanking one of the travelers, crouch forward. A dirty cloth flashes momentarily and jerks around the traveler's neck. One of the men tugs the cloth, the other forces the traveler's head over to one side. Thuggee death has struck; Kali is assuaged.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateNov 25, 2011
    ISBN9781461811312
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    John Masters

    John Masters was a British novelist and regular officer of the Indian Army. He wrote several novels set in India, the most famous of which, Bhowani Junction, was turned into a successful film starring Ava Gardner. He died in 1983.

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    • 4/5
      William Savage, an area official in the East India Company discovers a mass grave. When his superiors show little interest he decides to hunt down and infiltrate the murderers. Part boys-own-adventure channelling Lawrentian-like mystical experiences, William’s story brings a version of 1820’s India to life. A country that tolerated the act of Suttee & the putting to death of some prisoners by reluctant trampling elephant.Apparently over 1 million travellers were murdered by Thuggee followers, who raised the act of befriending and then mugging into a quasi-religious experience.A fascinating story, but I couldn’t quite believe the characters of William & his incredibly understanding wife, and this wasn’t a page-turner for me.
    • 4/5
      An unexpectedly good book.

      Written in 1952, this work could have been written in one of many eras, perhaps excluding the politically correct one that we currently find ourselves imprisoned in.

      Master makes the point that he itches to make about Man & War & Death and how all of these ingredients are inextricably combined in the soup of existence.

      He also does a fairly good job of representing the ambivalent mechanisms and mindset of British Imperialism in a relatively unjudgemental way that Allows the reader scope for his own interpretations that I found refreshing.

      The finish was rather abrupt, not particularly smooth or brilliant. But other than this flaw, which is substantial, the book is a good bit of writing.

      The narrator, Patrick Tull, was the right choice for this style of writing.