"Roman." . . "Englisch." . . "Inde" . . "Great Britain" . . "Great Britain." . "Indic fiction (English)" . . "England" . . "FICTION / Literary" . . "FICTION Literary." . "Fiction." . . "Crime organisé Inde Roman." . . "1800 - 1899" . . "London (England) History 19th century Fiction." . . "London (England)" . . "FICTION / Historical" . . "FICTION Historical." . "East Indians England London Fiction." . . . "Electronic books"@en . "Electronic books" . "The thing about thugs" . "The thing about thugs"@en . . "Indic fiction (English)" . "Indic fiction (English)"@en . "History" . "History"@en . . . . . . "\"In a small Bihari village, Captain William T. Meadows finds just the man to further his phrenological research back home: Amir Ali, confessed member of the infamous Thugee cult. With tales of a murderous youth redeemed, Ali gains passage to England, his villainously shaped skull there to be studied. Only Ali knows just how embroidered his story is, so when a killer begins depriving London's underclass of their heads, suspicion naturally falls on the \"thug.\" With help from fellow immigrants led by a shrewd Punjabi woman, Ali journeys deep into a hostile city in an attempt to save himself and end the gruesome murders. Ranging from skull-lined mansions to underground tunnels concealing a ghostly people, The Thing about Thugs is a feat of imagination to rival Wilkie Collins or Michael Chabon. Short-listed for the 2010 Man Asian Literary Prize, this Victorian role reversal is a sly take on the post-colonial novel and marks the arrival of a compelling Indian novelist to North America. \"--" . . . . . . . "The Thing about Thugs" . . . . . . . . . . . "Suspense fiction"@en . "Ausgabe" . . . . . "The thing about Thugs" . . . . . . "Een man uit een Indiaas dorp reist in de 19e eeuw met een legerkapitein mee naar Londen, waar hij hem vertelt dat hij in het verleden tot een religieuze moordenaarsbende behoord heeft." . . . . . "\"In a small Bihari village, Captain William T. Meadows finds just the man to further his phrenological research back home: Amir Ali, confessed member of the infamous Thugee cult. With tales of a murderous youth redeemed, Ali gains passage to England, his villainously shaped skull there to be studied. Only Ali knows just how embroidered his story is, so when a killer begins depriving London's underclass of their heads, suspicion naturally falls on the \"thug.\" With help from fellow immigrants led by a shrewd Punjabi woman, Ali journeys deep into a hostile city in an attempt to save himself and end the gruesome murders. Ranging from skull-lined mansions to underground tunnels concealing a ghostly people, The Thing about Thugs is a feat of imagination to rival Wilkie Collins or Michael Chabon. Short-listed for the 2010 Man Asian Literary Prize, this Victorian role reversal is a sly take on the post-colonial novel and marks the arrival of a compelling Indian novelist to North America.\"--" . . "Fiction"@en . . "Fiction" . . "A subversive, macabre novel of a young Indian man's misadventures in Victorian London as the city is racked by a series of murders In a small Bihari village, Captain William T. Meadows finds just the man to further his phrenological research back home: Amir Ali, confessed member of the infamous Thugee cult. With tales of a murderous youth redeemed, Ali gains passage to England, his villainously shaped skull there to be studied. Only Ali knows just how embroidered his story is, so when a killer begins depriving London's underclass of their heads, suspicion naturally."@en . . . "India" . . "India." . "Thugs (Indic criminal group)" . . "FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Historical" . . "FICTION Mystery & Detective Historical." . "Crime organisé Londres (GB) Roman." . . . .