Publisher's Synopsis
Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all time.
Reared in the teeming streets of India at the turn of the century, the orphan Kim is the 'Friend of the all the World', a cheeky imp with an endless interest in the extraordinary characters he meets daily. One of them, an old Tibetan lama, sets him on the path that will lead him to travel the Great Trunk Road, and become a spy for the British...
Filled with rich description and vivid characters, this beguiling coming of age story is considered Kipling's masterpiece.
An epic rendition of the imperial experience in India, one of Kipling's greatest works.
