Kim
main characters
Kim, the Lama, Col. Creighton, Mahbub Ali
Rip's impressions
P. Bowles and James Joyce combined––this is a harder kick to the gut then Clockwork Orange. There's dense emotional dialogue and laughs, mixed with great meanness.
first line
He sat in defiance of municipal orders, astride the gun of Zam-Zammeh on her brick platform opposite the old Ajaibgher - the Wonder House, as the natives called the Lahore Museum.
last lines
(spoiler alert)
He crossed his hands on his lap and smiled, as a man may who has won Salvation for himself and his beloved.
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