The Day of the Scorpion - Raj Quartet

Informationen zum Autor Paul Scott was born in London in 1920. He served in the army from 1940 to 1946, mainly in India and Malaya. He is the author of thirteen distinguished novels including his famous The Raj Quartet. In 1977, Staying On won the Booker Prize. Paul Scott died in 1978. Klappentext Loyal to the party's central vision of a unified free India, his incarceration is a symptom of the growing deterioration of Anglo-Indian relations. For the long-serving British family, the Laytons, the political and social ramifications are immediate, disturbing and tragic. Zusammenfassung Loyal to the party's central vision of a unified free India, his incarceration is a symptom of the growing deterioration of Anglo-Indian relations. For the long-serving British family, the Laytons, the political and social ramifications are immediate, disturbing and tragic.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Scott
• Publisher: Arrow
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 07.04.2005
• EAN: 9780099478829
• ISBN: 978-0-09-947882-9
• No. of pages: 544
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 34 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Action & Adventure, India, Modern and contemporary fiction, War, combat and military adventure fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary