A novel written by the author of the "Raj Quartet", and "Staying On". Through the scraps of a manuscript left unfinished by Thornhill, Paul Scott pieces together a multi-layered story about a man's... This description may be from another edition of this product.
I don't understand why Paul Scott's "pre-Raj Quartet" novels are ignored these days, especially A Male Child, The Love Pavilion, The Birds of Paradise and this haunting, profound, you name it, portrait of an artist (and of bullfightting). I guess it's because they're more private and conceived on a less grand scale. But they're literary gems--with a style and intelligence that's on par with the best writing of the 20th century.
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