Little Mouse is ready to party!
But she's in for a big surprise when guests from all over the world arrive on her doorstep.
...WINNING WAS EVERYTHING…
UNTIL IT DESTROYED THEM
Two young men, Léo & Carfax, close friends & fierce rivals.
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The diverse tales selected for this volume display the astonishing virtuosity of Rudyard Kipling's early writings. A Nobel prize-winner, Kipling was phenomenally productive & imaginative, displaying a literary mastery of idioms, technology & technical terms, exotic locations, & social range. He gained immense popularity, becoming (as these stories indicate) the knowledgeable spokesman for a wide public. Later, although Kipling's right-wing views increasingly incurred hostility, his creativity remained formidable. In this rich collection, we encounter bold realism, poignant nostalgia, dark comedy, the vividly horrific, the exuberantly fanciful & the disturbingly uncanny.