Friday, April 10, 2020

And Now His Lordship Is Laughing, by Shiv Ramdas

And Now His Lordship Is LaughingAnd Now His Lordship Is Laughing by Shiv Ramdas

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


This story is from the time of the Bengal Famine of 1943, when Britain ran a scorched-earth "denial of rice" and other essentials campaign against the occupying Japanese. Over a million people died. The story focuses on a maker of jute dolls--special dolls that can act on their own. Horror ensues. It's a good story, worthy of nomination. Basically a revenge tale.



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