The Bloodstone Papers - Rilegato

Duncan, Glen

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0743252292 ISBN 13: 9780743252294

Casa editrice: Scribner, 2006

Riassunto

India, the 1940s: a time of political turmoil and violence; a country on the verge of its tryst with destiny. Ross Monroe is a boxer, a Catholic and an Anglo-Indian - part of the race which for years has run the administrative side of the Raj for the British. From the brutal boarding school of his childhood, through youth in the Indian Air Force and manhood on the Railways, Ross is sustained by a single dream: to box his way to Olympic victory - until a devastating betrayal by an Englishman sends him into exile, and an obsession which will change his life forever...In present-day England, Owen Monroe, aspiring novelist, is writing the story of his father's life in an attempt to avoid confronting the problems in his own. But family chronicle turns to amateur sleuthing when a chance discovery in a second-hand bookshop provides a clue to the whereabouts to his father's long-lost enemy. The quest that follows takes Owen through the secrets of the Monroe past and into a love affair he could never have thought possible...The Bloodstone Papers pits memory against fiction, love against loss and the certainties of past against the ambiguities of the present - but at its core remains a testament to history's ability, whether we like it or not, to catch up with us. It is a major achievement from one of Britain's most acclaimed psychological novelists.

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Recensione:

'Duncan's historical research ... has produced flawless results: I can vouch for that, because my mother is Anglo-Indian. A myriad of fine detail captures this forgotten race ... The Bloodstone Papers is Duncan's sixth novel and marks his coming-of-age as one of our finest writers' INDEPENDENT 21/6
'Glen Duncan is a writer of unflinching honesty, painfully brilliant on the unexpected tenderness of loveless metropolitan sex and the difficulty of reaching the moment when death is the only mystery life seems to have left to offer' SEVEN (supp. to SUNDAY TELEGRAPH) 16/7
'If you've enjoyed his previous novels - I, LUCIFER is especially satisfying - you will have high expectations of Duncan's writing and this novel, his best, will more than fulfil expectations' WATERSTONE'S BOOKS QUARTERLY, JULY ISSUE
'Tremendous story ranging from India in the 1940s to present-day England' DAILY IRELAND 8/6
‘With a busy, questioning style that worries away at its serious themes (though not without humour), this is a deeply satisfying read’ Guardian 4/8

L'autore:

Glen Duncan is the critically-acclaimed author of six previous novels, including I, Lucifer and The Bloodstone Papers. He was the first of his Anglo-Indian family to be born in Britain. He lives in South London.

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• Editore: Scribner
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0743252292
• ISBN 13: 9780743252294
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 320