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Burmese Days

Set in the days of the Empire, with the British ruling in Burma, “Burmese Days” describes both indigenous corruption and Imperial bigotry, when `after all, natives were natives – interesting, no doubt, but finally only a `subject` people, an inferior people with black faces`. Against the prevailing orthodoxy, Flory, a white timber merchant, befriends Dr Veraswami, a black enthusiast for Empire. The doctor needs help. U Po Kyin, Sub-divisional Magistrate of Kyauktada, is plotting his downfall. The only thing that can save him is European patronage: membership of the hitherto all-white Club. While Flory prevaricates, beautiful Elizabeth Lackersteen arrives in Upper Burma from Paris. At last, after years of `solitary hell`, romance and marriage appear to offer Flory an escape from the `lie` of the `pukka sahib pose`.

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