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White python: Adventure and mystery in Tibet
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
320 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1978
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June 13, 2011
White Python is an eventful novel set in the Himalayas in the 1930s. It starts off like a typical espionage-mission-in-a-foreign-land style of story, but proceeds to shoot off in various bewildering directions as it progresses. Elements of horror, fantasy and even a faint hint of erotica are introduced before the end. If you think of an Indiana Jones-ish story, written fifty years before Indiana Jones was even invented for the big screen, and you'd have some idea what to expect.
British agent Colin Gray is sent on a delicate mission in Tibet. A rebel uprising fronted by political dissident Chorjieff is threatening to topple the country into chaos. Gray must disguise himself as a Tibetan monk and frustrate these plans. Not long into his mission he discovers the existence of a subterranean kingdom and a mystical prophecy, all of which affect him in his mission. The subterranean people have long expected a giant outsider to arrive and destroy their feared emblem, the White Python... could Gray himself be the man of the prohecy?
Channing has a good sense of pace, and creates a lot of mystery and a gallery of memorable characters. The plot tangles itself into a complex and often confusing web of plots, sub-plots and such like, and it's hard to follow the various strands. There's almost too much going on. Nevertheless, when Channing is at his best he presents a compelling and rather exciting story. The muddled sections are worth wading through in order to enjoy the frequent high points!
British agent Colin Gray is sent on a delicate mission in Tibet. A rebel uprising fronted by political dissident Chorjieff is threatening to topple the country into chaos. Gray must disguise himself as a Tibetan monk and frustrate these plans. Not long into his mission he discovers the existence of a subterranean kingdom and a mystical prophecy, all of which affect him in his mission. The subterranean people have long expected a giant outsider to arrive and destroy their feared emblem, the White Python... could Gray himself be the man of the prohecy?
Channing has a good sense of pace, and creates a lot of mystery and a gallery of memorable characters. The plot tangles itself into a complex and often confusing web of plots, sub-plots and such like, and it's hard to follow the various strands. There's almost too much going on. Nevertheless, when Channing is at his best he presents a compelling and rather exciting story. The muddled sections are worth wading through in order to enjoy the frequent high points!
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