{"product_id":"9781846882968","title":"The Skinning Tree","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Skinning Tree\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Srikumar Sen\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of 2012 South Asia Prize\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet against the Japanese advance on India during the Second World War,\u003ci\u003e The Skinning Tree\u003c\/i\u003e centers on nine-year-old Sabby, who lives in a Calcutta family where sophisticated British habits such as bridge and dinner parties co-exist with Indian values and nationalism. When Sabby is sent to a boarding school in northern India, he witnesses a strict regime in which the schoolboys are beaten and brutalized by the teachers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe boys themselves take on their abusers' cruel traits, mindlessly killing animals and hanging their skins on a cactus, before their thoughts turn to even more sinister schemes. Conspiratorial whisperings and plans of revenge spiral into a tragedy engulfing Sabby in a chilling exploration of human nature's darkest facets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This novel is beautifully told and reminds us of those times in childhood when we began to question our actions; experiencing those differences between right and wrong that turn us into adults.\" - \u003ci\u003eYorkshire Gazette\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The Skinning Tree's account of Calcutta in the early Forties is one of the most acute and estranging I've read of that city in a while.\" - Amit Chaudhuri\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781846882968\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Alma Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40596845756622,"sku":"9781846882968","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_2195cec4-946c-4d46-bbec-dabcb4a14572.jpg?v=1637867139","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781846882968","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}