Particularly effective is when Kim and other characters switch from translated Hindi, fluent and full of thees and thous, to transliterated English that comes out like Oah, I am verr-ee sorr-ee, Sahib, and can not help but be read with the author's intended diction and cadence.Finally, of all the works of fiction I have read, this may be the one that portrays Buddhist ideals with the greatest clarit