book cover of The Coffer Dams
 

The Coffer Dams

(1971)
A novel by

 
 
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.


Genre: General Fiction

Used availability for Kamala Markandaya's The Coffer Dams


About Fantastic Fiction       Information for Authors