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The Raj Quartet: The Jewel in the Crown, The Day of the Scorpion (Everyman's Library)

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Paul Scott is one of the greatest, and (it seems) most underrated, novelists of the 20th century. The Raj Quartet is complex, engrossing, moving, and deep. When you are done with all four volumes, there is always the wonderful _Staying On_, the 'comic coda' to the Quartet; I actually read it first. The Everyman's Library edition is beautiful: well printed, and nicely bound. Worth it.

This review is for anyone who, like me, has had a lifetime passion for literature. Perhaps more than once you've said to someone, when recommending a book, "You are so lucky you haven't read it before!" The Raj Quartet is such a book. It is a great creation by a great writer. The Everyman hardcover edition. This is no time for paperbacks. Happy reading!
PS: I do recommend that one have read a good history of India before setting out on the Raj Quartet. I liked the one by John Keay.

Many years ago I watched the Jewel in the Crown. Since then I have been looking for the books and now I have them. I just loved this volume of the first 2 books of the Quartet. The writting is wonderful and the charecters are richly drawn. I love this book, and can't wait to start the final volume.