The Rupa Book of Thrills and Spills
Author: Bond, Ruskin (Ed.)
Year: 2005
[ pp. 170, pb ]
[ Price: RS. 95.00, US$ 2.44 ]
The Rupa Book of Thrills and Spills is another collector's anthology. Ruskin Bond in this collection of racy and dramatic stories caters to the human craving for excitement and adventure. Ruskin Bond has with 鬡n put together stories that catapult the reader into a world of men and women caught up in death-defying escapades. Stuntmen, pilots, soldiers, explorers, aeronauts, medicine men, gamblers and lion-tamers enliven the pages of this anthology with their heroism. Each story brings forth a different facet of bravery. Rescue Squadron by Philip McCutchan and Four Men, Against the Desert by A.P Luscombe Whyte are true stories about the gallantry and never-say-die spirit of soldiers. Most protagonists are, however, ordinary men and women made extraordinary by their qualities of courage and valor. The story First Day in the life of a lion Tamer by Patricia Bourne is the true story of young woman who is determined to become a lion tamer. The attack by a lioness on her very first day does not frighten her. She simply taps the lioness on the nose and admonishes her for being a 'naughty girl'. Ruskin Bond's comments prefacing every story add to the spicy treat laid out by this master anthologist. Ruskin Bond is to be congratulated for editing two wonderful collections of stories which are a veritable treasure trove for the young as well as the old. I agree with Bond when he says that ?these are stories you can turn to again and again, as one turns to a favorite piece of music or a much loved picture.
The Rupa Book of Thrills and Spills
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