The Day of the Scorpion, Part 2 of 2

by Paul Scott

Part Two Of Two Parts This second volume of Paul Scott's masterful Raj Quartet weaves Indian and English lives into a rich fabric of intrigue, passion and suspense. Through Sarah and Susan Layton, Lady Manners and Captain Merrick on the one hand; Parvati, Kasim and his two sons on the other, we come face to face with the dilemmas confronting all inhabitants of the subcontinent. Violence erupts when the Congress Party calls for nationwide insurrection. Hardship and suffering engulf India and her thronging millions. In a land where all inhabitants revere tradition, change becomes the only constant. "An even richer tapestry of Indian and British character than its predecessor...ramifying, exciting and beautifully constructed." (The London Times)

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Published January 2, 1992

About the author

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Paul Mark Scott was an English novelist best known for his tetralogy The Raj Quartet. In the last years of his life, his novel Staying On won the Booker Prize (1977). The series of books was dramatised by Granada Television during the 1980s and won Scott the public and critical acclaim that he had not received during his lifetime.
Born in suburban London, Scott was posted to India, Burma and Malaya during World War II. On return to London he worked as a notable literary agent, before deciding to write full time from 1960. In 1964 he returned to India for a research trip, though he was struggling with ill health and alcoholism. From the material gathered he created the novels that would become The Raj Quartet. In the final years of his life he accepted a visiting professorship at the University of Tulsa, where much of his private archive is held.