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The Disappeared Paperback – March 5, 2015

by Roger Scruton (Author)

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The Disappeared is a story of our times, of kidnap and rescue, of abuse and healing. It is the story of Stephen, a teacher whose love for the pupil who shares his dreams brings him face to face with ruin; of Sharon, the child of a feckless stepmother, and her criminal abusers; of Laura, the investigative high-flyer, now faced with rape and sexual slavery; of Justin, environmentalist and Heavy Metal fan, whose obsession with Muhibbah, rescued from forced marriage, spells disaster for them both. It is the story of a police force fearful of charges of racism, and a social worker, Iona, expected to make a viable community from fragments that will not join.

With dizzying speed The Disappeared uncovers the chaotic underworld of a Yorkshire city, its characters eventually stumbling across one another in a single catastrophe. A victim may bring redemption: but who will it be?

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292 pages
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English
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Bloomsbury Reader
Publication date

March 5, 2015
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6.14 x 0.61 x 9.21 inches
ISBN-10

1448215218
ISBN-13

978-1448215218
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“Beautiful and dramatic prose...describes the class of cultures ...in Britain rather brilliantly.” ―Standpoint

“It's a gripping, disturbing narrative dealing with abduction and abuse but also love, escape and a type of redemption.” ―The Spectator

“An intelligent, intricate novel.” ―The Times

About the Author

Sir Roger Scruton is widely seen as one of the greatest conservative thinkers of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries and a polymath who wrote a wide array of fiction, non-fiction and reviews. He was the author of over fifty books.
A graduate of Jesus College, Cambridge, Scruton was Professor of Aesthetics at Birkbeck College, London; University Professor at Boston University, and a visiting professor at Oxford University. He was one of the founders of the Salisbury Review, contributed regularly to The Spectator, The Times and the Daily Telegraph and was for many years wine critic for the New Statesman. Sir Roger Scruton died in January 2020.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Bloomsbury Reader (March 5, 2015)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 292 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1448215218
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1448215218
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.02 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.14 x 0.61 x 9.21 inches

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JP Mac

What Lies Beneath a Culture

Reviewed in the United States on October 7, 2020

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In and around the Angel Towers housing project five lives intertwine: two men, two women, and a young girl. In a decaying society, these characters seek safety, freedom, love, and meaning. Around them, the customs and traditions of England are being overwritten by multiculturalism, as well as dark new practices that exploit the gaps in a society struggling with mass immigration from tribal cultures.

Powerful and disturbing, this fiction weaves together the characters' fates in a world where the past is fading and the future seems dismally opaque. As teacher Stephen concludes, "The Christian religion, he decided, was the heart of our civilization. This heart had grown old and weak, and culture had been put in the place of it. But the heart transplant didn't take, and our civilization, after gasping for a while, had died."

Stephen finds himself drawn toward protecting a young student, Sharon, from a rape gang. In doing so, he soon experiences emotional conflict that, if unchecked, could destroy his career and land him in jail.

At the same time, Justin, a rising star in the field of green energy, becomes enamored with beautiful intelligent Muhibbah. Having spurned her Afghan family's suffocating ways, Muhibbah seemed destined to excel in modern society. But Justin soon learns, that this enchanting woman is a hive of unwholesome secrets.

At the same time, accountant Laura flees the embers of a dashed romance, going to work for Justin. But her safety is jeopardized after a criminal element mistakes Laura for another woman.

Scruton's deep, well-crafted tale eventually comes full-circle. And while I had some difficulty with the time frame, and the puzzling use of second person for one character, the author's ability to forge empathy was excellent.

The writing is powerful. The imagery strong as in this passage describing Angel Towers: "All the surfaces were covered with the same black graffiti, a repeated pattern that, in its meaninglessness, seemed to exude a bestial anger. It was as though worms had been spat on this wall, spoiling its unclaimed spaces, and preventing any human thought from breeding there."

A suitable read for lovers of literature, as well as a good book for discussions of our post-modernist world.

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karen in venice

Surprising - the blurb obfuscates the true plot of the novel (for obvious reasons)

Reviewed in the United States on August 6, 2015

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I have never read a book that was so much NOT about its publisher's blurb - but of course when you read the book it is obvious why. No British publisher would actually say a book was about anti immigration and the deeply dark and destructive side of multiculturalism and the horrors that happen when a generous host prostrates itself in front of uninvited guests who hate them, make special rules for them (even when these rules negatively impact the host's own citizens. That said, as the story unfolded I was asking myself wow, is this writer really saying what I think he is saying? At the end I knew he was and I was astonished (he will deny it publicly, I assume, to some degree, so he can keep his British citizenship - brave fellow). The plot was at times contrived such as when four of the main characters all meet in Justin's office (not a spoiler). There are a few moments of these sort of convenient plot twists but over all it's a fun read and a nicely subversive one at that.

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Celia B

Haunting and personal

Reviewed in the United States on May 29, 2015

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On one level, this is a novel about the ways we disappear – the ways we hide ourselves, the ways we are stolen, and the ways we are exiled. But it is also about the ways we are found and redeemed.

On the surface, it’s a story about the things we can’t or don’t talk about: rape, human trafficking, pedophilia, inter-religious relations, political correctness, and immigration. Roger Scruton writes unflinchingly, but with great compassion and quiet skill he weaves his story. He draws us in, breathless, from the first chapter; and we follow him willingly through each agonizing twist, pausing with him at each new vista, seeing separate stories unfold through the eyes of his characters until we begin to see that it is all one story, necessarily complex and far more thoughtful than frantic.

As I read, I realized that it is also, in many ways, my story. Though I’ve not been sold into sexual-slavery, nevertheless I have come into contact with the secret and sordid world that Scruton describes. I have in my own (and very similar ways) hidden, been stolen, and been exiled. I suspect it’s an experience many single women would recognize and very few would talk about. I saw my reflection in several of the book’s characters, and in their heartbreak and redemption I found a new way to understand what my heart already and painfully knew. That Scruton should understand the issues so intimately would be uncanny if we didn't already know him to be such an astute observer of the human condition.

Yes, this novel takes you on a breathless journey to the heart of darkness, but it does not leave you there. I am still, a week later, haunted by it. But the space where I sit with it in my thoughts is not dark like a storm; it is like the first rays of light after the storm – when the dark clouds still hover nearby but the sweet smell of the earth, after it has been scourged by the wind and rain, and the wet grass glistening like diamonds as far as you can see remind you that life is renewed after every storm.

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Jim Ross

By far our best novel in years

Reviewed in Canada on February 8, 2019

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My wife and I read novels to each other - probably 16 every year. I read an additional 5 books, and my wife an additional 20. This is the best novel we have read together in several years. Roger Scruton's vision reaches distant horizons, and his sense of human dimensions grasps tiny details. He draws characters, even terrible ones, who can live inside your familiar parts... And heroes whose faults make you clench your teeth. This story of human trafficking is told in six distinct voices - and some of them will make you stop breathing. Don't wait for it to appear in your public library.....

Dene

Complex, but gripping

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 11, 2018

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This is my first dabble with Scrutin’s work of fiction, and he writes exceptional well, although his intellectualism comes through the narrative and slightly beguiles the authenticity of the characters. Nevertheless, it’s the narrative and the message what’s important, and it’s highly engaging and relevant given the real backstory behind this novella. Scruton has covered all the cultural and racial aspects which plagued these scandals, aspects which many in society and government still choose to not to see, or simply deny.

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Ben Shepherd

Heartbreaking

Reviewed in Canada on December 29, 2018

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Sir Roger writes with heart, and such clear faith. The book is tough; questions about peoples values and the chaos from not defending what is right. There are worldly mistakes, idleness and its horror, the sorrow of violence. Scuton knows how to stir our souls. And, I felt, he reminded us of the sacredness of the joining of two hearts.

Heartbreaking, but there was hope.

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I read this in 2 days

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 17, 2019

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The hardest-hitting page turner I have ever read. I can't wait to read more of his works. The character of Laura struck me as a contemporary heroine and leaves me wondering whether I can rise up to the challenge of the times that I live in.

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Mrs. Donna George

A very insightful and moving look at how the consequences ...

Reviewed in Canada on February 1, 2017

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A very insightful and moving look at how the consequences of public education policies negatively impact students and teachers.

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