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The Gurkha and the Lord of Tuesday

Saad Z. Hossain

Start date: January 20, 2020

Finish date: January 28, 2020

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Jan 18, 2020 Silvana rated it really liked it

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I had so much fun reading this book. Thank you Coode Street's Gary and Jonathan for recommending this novella. It is delightful and fresh, and has a cool setting (near-future Katmandu). Here we have a grizzled Gurkha warrior and a megalomaniac djinn who just woke up and find out he's been sleeping for four thousand years. Chaos ensued when the djinn wanted to rule the nearby city because he thinks he's so awesome and deserved a throne. Little did he know that climate change had ruined the earth, ...more

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Oct 09, 2019 Aquamarine rated it really liked it

Funny little book on wishes and their fulfillment. Of extreme surveillance and reliance on technology. It was bizzare and funny and thought provoking all at the same time. Enjoyed it alot!!

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