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Deepa Anappara dives into minds of coloniser and colonised in Tibet-set The Last Of Earth

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Indian author Deepa Anappara's historical novel The Last Of Earth has been designated by BBC as one of its top 2026 reads.

Indian author Deepa Anappara's historical novel The Last Of Earth has been designated by BBC as one of its top 2026 reads.

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By Deepa Anappara
Fiction/Oneworld/Paperback/366 pages/$30.52

Two 19th-century English explorers hire local help to sneak into the hallowed Tibetan country, closed to foreigners.

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