Title: The thing about thugs
Description: "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. "--
Subjects: Thugs (Indic criminal group), Indic fiction (English), FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Historical, History, FICTION / Historical, Fiction, Mystery & Detective, FICTION, Literary, Historical, Fiction, historical, London (england), fiction, India, fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, historical
Places: Great Britain, India, London (England)
Time periods: 19th century