Disclosure : This site contains affiliate links to products. We may receive a commission for purchases made through these links.
Burmese Days
![](https://mapandtravelbookshop.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/0142155_coverimage_9780141395432_BurmeseDays_pen_jkt.jpeg)
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`.