Shadow of the Monsoon Hardcover by William Manchester by William Manchester [Hardcover] William Manchester

 

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South of the etetnal snows, the Himalaya falls in barren
tiers; where the ice ends there are deep-wooded ravines, and at
seven thousand feet tiny villages huddle together in terraced
pattis. In these jungle-covered foothills of the Himalaya lies
the district of Chaknagar. The British Raj has gone and the
British Secretariat at Dar Kala, two hundred miles north of
the Ganges, is all that remains in Chaknagar of a century of
white omniscience.
This is a story of modern India in which centuries of
tradition conflict with revolutionary change; where the power
of the sadhu and the despot remain unchecked by Congress;
where the Englishman still commands respect just so long as
he upholds the code he has inherited from his ancestors. But
it is primarily the story of Spike Wiley who was forced, single-
handed, to pit his wits and his strength against a wounded
man-cater in the most nerve-wracking leopard hunt ever
described by a novelist. For this terrific climax Shadow of the
Monsoon will be long remembered.