Reading ‘Kim' when about 15 was formative for me.
Then several of his collections - before NZers were alert to ‘ideology’, much.
I agree about his shall we say vision and temperament transcending those limitations.
Max
For me at 15, Buchan’'s Richard Hannay was a great thrill - now faded.
What else - Scarlet Pimpernel…
then Sherlock Holmes
and Chesterton’s Father Brown
and Saki.
Now I see Saki is being brought back.
On Sep 8, 2016, at 8:53, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> What!? You haven’t read Stalky & Co. Max?
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> Sure it’s imperial lit, but it’s such fun. I read it while still in school (I think; hard to remember exactly when back then). Reread it recently & saw all the ‘politics’ I’m note really on with, but still enjoyed it, Kipling can manage that, somehow.
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> Doug
>> On Sep 8, 2016, at 9:44 AM, Max Richards <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> Yes… thanks Bill, Andrew, Doug.
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>> [I began with the calf-implant nonsense, then school memories intervened as an intro,
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>> but without melding, unfortunately. I really must read ‘Stalky and Co.’]
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>> Max
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