The Siege of Krishnapur

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Title The Siege of Krishnapur
Author J. G. Farrell
Country England
Language English
Publisher Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Released 1973
Media type Print (Hardcover)
Pages 344 pp
ISBN ISBN 0297765809

The Siege of Krishnapur is a novel by the author J.G. Farrell, and was published in 1973.

Broadly satirical in nature, it details events during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. The novel is a fictionalised account of the Siege of Lucknow though with significant changes.

Farrell's novel won the Booker Prize in 1973 (list of winners).

Preceded by
G.
Man Booker Prize recipient
1973
Succeeded by
The Conservationist
with Holiday