Tiger Hills: A Channel 4 TV Book Club Choice

Paperback Published on: 06/01/2011
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Synopsis

A sweeping saga of a forbidden love that lasts for generations

'A MUST READ' INDEPENDENT

Devi is a young girl living with on a coffee plantation in Coorg, India, at the end of the 19th century. Her best friend is Devanna, a boy whose mother has died in tragic circumstances. Over the years, Devi and Devanna become inseparable.

However things change when Devi meets Muthi, a young man who has killed a tiger and is feted as the local hero. Although she is still a child and Muthi is a man, Devi vows that one day she will marry him. It is this love that will gradually drive a wedge between her and her friend Devanna, who has been taken under the wing of a local missionary. Devi is left with heartbreaking choices that will have lastng consequences for generations to come...

'An epic and extraordinary debut from an astonishing new talent' DAILY EXPRESS

'An exotic, beguiling page-turner' WOMAN & HOME

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
  • ISBN: 9780753827796
  • Number of pages: 624
  • Dimensions: 196 x 129 x 38 mm
  • Weight: 427g
  • Languages: English

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Tiger Hills
Evocative family saga
I loved this haunting tale spanning 60 years in the life of an extended Indian family. There’s a quote on the cover describing the writing as ’sumptuously ... READ MORE
Denise Powell
Tiger Hills
Sumptuous indeed!
This novel really is quite beautifully written, the descriptive prose is genuinely poetic. As I read this novel I found myself transported to the late 1870... READ MORE
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