Loot
India

Loot

by Tania James

Colonialism Historical Fiction Fiction 2024

Summary

A stolen tiger, a young craftsman, and the spoils of an empire collide in this imaginative historical adventure. In eighteenth-century Mysore, seventeen-year-old Abbas catches the attention of Tipu Sultan, who commissions him to help create an extraordinary mechanical tiger. But when British forces invade the palace, the magnificent automaton is carried away as war booty. Years later, Abbas travels to Europe, determined to recover his creation and reclaim a piece of the world stolen from him. Spanning India, France, and England, Loot combines romance, adventure, and ingenious storytelling to explore artistic ambition, the costs of empire, and the enduring question of who has the right to own another culture’s treasures.

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Tania James
Tania James

Tania James is an Indian American novelist and short-story writer whose fiction explores cultural identity, political violence, and the complicated relationships between individuals and the societies they inhabit. She studied at Harvard University and earned an MFA from Columbia University. Her debut novel, Atlas of Unknowns (2009), was a New York Times Editors’ Choice and was shortlisted for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature. Her short-story collection Aerogrammes and Other Stories (2012) received critical acclaim, while her novel The Tusk That Did the Damage (2015) was a finalist for the International Dylan Thomas Prize. Loot (2023), which reimagines the journey of a historical mechanical tiger plundered from India by British forces, was longlisted for the 2023 National Book Award. James teaches in the MFA program at George Mason University and lives in Washington, D.C.

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2024
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Tania James