HopeRoad Publishing Ltd Coffer Dams

Set in India, an ecological novel well ahead of its time. British colonialists attempt to tame nature with disastrous consequences. Clinton, founder and head of a firm of international engineers,arrives in India to build a dam, bringing with him his young wife,Helen, and a strong team of aides and skilled men. They are facedwith a formidable challenge, which involves working in dauntingmountain and jungle terrain, within a time schedule dictated by theextreme tropical weather. Setbacks occur which bring into focusfundamental differences in the attitudes to life and death of theBritish bosses and the Indian workers. A timely reminder of theBritish contempt for Indian lives and for nature. Autorid: Kamala Markandaya