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The Raj Quartet, Volume 2
The Raj Quartet, Volume 2: The Day of the Scorpion | Paul Scott
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In The Day of the Scorpion, Scott draws us deeper in to his epic of India at the close of World War II. With force and subtlety, he recreates both private ambition and perversity, and the politics of an entire subcontinent at a turning point in history. As the scorpian, encircled by a ring of fire, will sting itself to death, so does the British raj hasten its own destruction when threatened by the flames of Indian independence. Brutal repression and imprisonment of India's leaders cannot still the cry for home rule. And in the midst of chaos, the English Laytons withdraw from a world they no longer know to seek solace in denial, drink, and madness.
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ponyflorist
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Second installment.. I like it better than the first.. expands upon what came to pass in first book. Author still hell bent on anacondaesque sentences.. but it's a gymnastic reading pleasure to follow these from nose to tail 😁 one thing tho.. the bits about Indian people are dismissed quickly.. it's all about the whites. I suppose that's the point tho? Tally ho chaps! Onto the third installment!!

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Severnmeadows
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I have always loved these books, loved just as much the tv dramatisation The Jewel in the Crown. I‘ve recently been enjoying rereading a few chapters.😊

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Clare26

I read the first novel in ‘The Raj Quartet‘ (‘The Jewel in the Crown‘) last month and loved the way the author used different perspectives on an event. Now for the second volume.

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quirkyreader
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Here is my review from goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2236608795. This series is getting good.

CindyMyLifeIsLit This has been on my tbr for far too long. Thanks for reminding me of it! 7y
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quirkyreader
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For a while this series could have been put in #forgottenfiction. But when PBS was airing Indian Summers a few seasons ago, this series by Paul Scott got a new lease on life, because the PBS series of this book series was being re-aired.

I am also reading this for one of my goodreads challenges. A book in a series that is not the first volume.