Review
An out-of-the-way allegory - very out of the way - about a Rajah who goes out hunting tigers with "a telephone and a bar and a new stereo tape cassette player" in his howdah; the "very primitive" tigers who have a repertoire of intricate, meaningful dances; the Rajah's advent, now, playing "light classics"; and the elder tiger's decision that "this is. . . simply too much" ("My whole world picture has suddenly changed") - the tigers will "dance [the Rajah] to death"! And, by gum, they do. The full-color pictures are naturalistic, quite accomplished, very dramatic; the story is arch-to-arcane, adult, and not especially impressive at that. (Kirkus Reviews)
Product Description
Written by the author of "The Mouse and His Child" and "The Twenty Elephants", this is a story about an Indian Rajah who went out to hunt tigers on his elephant which is equipped with a stereo on which he plays light classics. The tigers turn out to be talented dancers.
