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LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN FICTION • A spellbinding historical novel set in the eighteenth century: a hero’s quest, a love story, the story of a young artist coming of age, and an exuberant heist adventure that traces the bloody legacy of colonialism across two continents and fifty years.

A Best Book of the Year: The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, NPR, Kirkus Reviews

“Addictively absorbing.” —The New York Times Book Review

This wildly inventive, irresistible feat of storytelling from a writer at the height of her powers is an expertly-plotted, deeply affecting novel about war, displacement, emigration, and an elusive mechanical tiger (Maggie O’Farrell, best-selling author of Hamnet and The Marriage Portrait).

Abbas is just seventeen years old when his gifts as a woodcarver come to the attention of Tipu Sultan, and he is

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      Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 13/06/2023
      ISBN13: 9780593535974, 978-0593535974
      ISBN10: 0593535979

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN FICTION • A spellbinding historical novel set in the eighteenth century: a hero’s quest, a love story, the story of a young artist coming of age, and an exuberant heist adventure that traces the bloody legacy of colonialism across two continents and fifty years.

      A Best Book of the Year: The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, NPR, Kirkus Reviews

      “Addictively absorbing.” —The New York Times Book Review

      This wildly inventive, irresistible feat of storytelling from a writer at the height of her powers is an expertly-plotted, deeply affecting novel about war, displacement, emigration, and an elusive mechanical tiger (Maggie O’Farrell, best-selling author of Hamnet and The Marriage Portrait).

      Abbas is just seventeen years old when his gifts as a woodcarver come to the attention of Tipu Sultan, and he is

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