Author: Ruskin Bond
Eminent Contributors/
Translator(s)/ Editors(s): Ruskin Bond
Publisher: Rupa
Year: 2006
Language: English
Pages: 220
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8129109700
Description
The test of a good story, Ruskin Bond says, is when a writer is able to catch a young reader’s attention from page one, preferably paragraph one, and hold it to the end. Each one of the stories that he has included in this collection pass this test, and with flying colours.
Spine-tingling, unputdownable tales, this, collection takes you from a woman’s struggle against the elements in the cold, snow-swept Prairies, to the thick of a jungle where a man bored with hunting animals decides, instead, to hunt a fellow human. Filled with conflict, suspense and adventure, Thrilling Tales: A Selection of Hair-Raising Adventures is a page-turner from beginning to end.
Contents
INTRODUCTION
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
RUDYARD KIPLING
Jeremy and the Runaways
HUGH WALPOLE
The Beast Tamer
NIKOLAI S LESKOV
Nightmare in New York
ALGERNON BLACKWOOD
The Falcon and I
JEAN GEORGE
Adventure Underground
SYLVIA GREEN
The Eye of the Eagle
RUSKIN BOND
Irongut and the Brown Mouse
GERALD KERSH
So We’ll Drink
P K KEMP
An Underground Episode
EDMUND WARE
The Lights of Spencer Primmett’s Eyes
F ANSTEY
The Last Match
EDWARD RITZ-GERALD FRIPP
The Most Dangerous Game
RICHARD CONNELL