Shooting an Elephant and Other Essays
An account of author's experience as a police officer in imperial Burma; killing an escaped elephant in front of a crowd 'solely to avoid looking a fool'. This title features essays such as 'My Country Right or Left', 'How the Poor Die' and 'Such, Such were th...
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New Delhi
Penguin Books India Pvt. Ltd.
2009
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Cyfres: | Penguin Modern Classics Series
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Dim Tagiau, Byddwch y cyntaf i dagio'r cofnod hwn!
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Crynodeb: | An account of author's experience as a police officer in imperial Burma; killing an escaped elephant in front of a crowd 'solely to avoid looking a fool'. This title features essays such as 'My Country Right or Left', 'How the Poor Die' and 'Such, Such were the Joys', his memoir of the horrors of public school, and more. |
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Disgrifiad Corfforoll: | xiv, 375 p. |
ISBN: | 9780141187396 |