Karna's Wheel

by Michael Tobert

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Pub Date Sep 28 2018 | Archive Date Oct 26 2018

John Hunt Publishing Ltd | Top Hat Books

Historical Fiction

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Description

Secrets present. Secrets past. Secrets in India, where Stephen’s grandfather is a lowly functionary in the engine room of the Raj. Secrets at home, held tightly by Stephen’s half-Indian, half-Scottish mother. And it is only by uncovering what has been hidden that Stephen can win Julia, a woman with secrets of her own which Stephen has to earn the right to hear.

Set in St Andrews, among the jute mills of Dundee (1915-23), in the industrial underbelly of colonial Calcutta (1923-46) and on the epic plains of ancient India, Karna’s Wheelis a poignant story of love, inheritance, and the things which make us what we are.

Secrets present. Secrets past. Secrets in India, where Stephen’s grandfather is a lowly functionary in the engine room of the Raj. Secrets at home, held tightly by Stephen’s half-Indian...

Advance Praise

Karna's Wheel is compelling, multi-layered and beautifully written. Set in Scotland and India, it interweaves class and colonialism across the generations in a novel which is never less than highly entertaining. Chris Given-Wilson, shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize 2017

Exquisitely written, quirky, remarkably well-paced and wonderfully readable, Karna’s Wheel is touching, humorous, informative and pretty shocking. The research is faultless but never stands in the way of a good story. I hope it gets where it deserves to be – on the bestseller lists. Robin Pilcher, Novelist.

Historical fiction at the cutting edge, a bravura performance of style and structure. Gordon T Steward, Professor Emeritus at Michigan State University.

Dazzling and inventive ... an enthralling journey into early twentieth century Calcutta and the dark corners of the Raj. Andrew Duff, Author of Sikkim; requiem for a Himalayan Kingdom.

Karna's Wheel is compelling, multi-layered and beautifully written. Set in Scotland and India, it interweaves class and colonialism across the generations in a novel which is never less than highly...