{"product_id":"the-raj-quartet-1-the-jewel-in-the-crown-the-day-of-the-scorpion-introduction-by-hilary-spurling-hardcover","title":"The Raj Quartet (1): The Jewel in the Crown, the Day of the Scorpion; Introduction by Hilary Spurling - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaul Scott\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eHilary Spurling\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Raj Quartet\u003c\/i\u003e, Paul Scott's epic study of British India in its final years, has no equal. Tolstoyan in scope and Proustian in detail but completely individual in effect, it records the encounter between East and West through the experiences of a dozen people caught up in the upheavals of the Second World War and the growing campaign for Indian independence from Britain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Jewel in the Crown, \u003c\/i\u003e describes the doomed love between an English girl and an Indian boy, Daphne Manners and Hari Kumar. This affair touches the lives of other characters in three subsequent volumes, most of them unknown to Hari and Daphne but involved in the larger social and political conflicts which destroy the lovers. In \u003ci\u003eThe Day of the Scorpion\u003c\/i\u003e, Ronald Merrick, a sadistic policeman who arrested and prosecuted Hari, insinuates himself into an aristocratic British family as World War II escalates.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn occasions unsparing in its study of personal dramas and racial differences, the \u003ci\u003eRaj Quartet \u003c\/i\u003eis at all times profoundly humane, not least in the author's capacity to identify with a huge range of characters. It is also illuminated by delicate social comedy and wonderful evocations of the Indian scene, all narrated in luminous prose.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe other two novels in the Raj Quartet, \u003ci\u003eThe Towers of Silence\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Division of the Spoils\u003c\/i\u003e, are also available from Everyman's Library. With a new introduction by Hilary Spurling\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePAUL 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Raj Quartet.\u003c\/i\u003e In 1977, Staying On won the Booker Prize. Paul Scott died in 1978.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1032\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.86 x 8.1 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 03, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51754166944032,"sku":"9780307263964","price":42.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/4e19a4ed1fd477a2de0b8e67d44fd866.webp?v=1780034848","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-raj-quartet-1-the-jewel-in-the-crown-the-day-of-the-scorpion-introduction-by-hilary-spurling-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}