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Paul Scott |
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1977 The Man Booker Prize |
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New York Times Book Review: "'Staying On' provides a sort of postscript to [Scott's] deservedly acclaimed 'The Raj Quartet'....He has, as it were, summoned up the Raj's ghost in 'Staying On'....It is the story of the living death, in retirement, and the final end of a walk-on character from the quartet....Scott has completed the task of covering in the form of a fictional narrative the events leading up to India's partition and the achievement of independence in 1947. It is, on any showing, a creditable achievement..." |
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Format: Paperback, 215
Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr (November 01, 1998)
Measurements: 8.75"(h) x 5.5"(w) x 0.75"(d), 0.65 lbs.
ISBN: 9780226743493 |
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The sequel to The Raj Quartet, Paul Scott's Staying On describes the fate of Colonel Tusker and Lucy Smalley, a British couple who remain in India after the war. In spite of their woes Tusker and Lucy are wonderfully comic, spirited, and eloquent characters. They reveal the intricate class tensions among the British of the Raj, the ambiguities of relationships with Indian employees, and the mute loyalty and resentful dependence of aging couples. |
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