A Garland of Memories

Ruskin Bond gathers some of his most memorable stories in this collection, drawn from a lifetime of noticing the world closely. A chance encounter with Rudyard Kipling's ghost sits alongside tales of a mischievous uncle, a stand-off between a snake, a mongoose and two foolhardy birds, and a python with an appetite for everyone's lunch. Told in Bond's characteristically simple, lucid prose, these stories return again and again to the quiet harmony between people and the natural world around them. Expect a little of everything here - warmth, humour and the occasional lump in the throat.