The town of Kim, Colorado, is named in honour of the book.
British spy and defector Kim Philby was born Harold Philby in Ambala, then in British India. His father, a member of the Indian Civil Service, gave him the nickname 'Kim' on account of his fraternisation with the servants.
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The Question and Answer section for Kim is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
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http://www.bookrags.com/studyguide-kim/summary.html#gsc.tab=0
It might loosely follow something like this:
The ordinary/mundane- Living a vagabond existence in India under British rule in the late 19th century, Kim earns his living by begging and running small errands on the streets of Lahore.
Call to...
Kim is a coming of age story, a boy's search for himself. It's an adventure story about a young, white Irish boy growing up in India. His skin is pale, but he lives like the natives....... he doesn't know who he is culturally or as an...
