The Bloodstone Papers - Softcover

Duncan, Glen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0061239674 ISBN 13: 9780061239670

Publisher: Ecco Press, 2008

Synopsis

Ross Monroe is a boxing railwayman with a weakness for get-rich-quick schemes. Kate Lyle is a headstrong young woman desperate to escape a nightmarish household. As mid-century India sheds its colonial skin and the shadow of violence rises, these young lovers find themselves facing their own "tryst with destiny."

In twenty-first-century London, Owen Monroe is writing this story of his parents' lives in an effort to avoid the problems in his own. But keeping past and present apart isn't easy, and before long Owen is deep in the one story he never wanted to tell....

About this title

Review:

"He is a major writer"--The Independent on Sunday

"An appallingly intelligent writer"--The Guardian

"Duncan's polished, merciless, and frequently hilarious prose supplies a trove of pleasures all its own."--Publishers Weekly

Superb...Perhaps this book will finally bring him the mainstream recognition he deserves.--Arena

[A] sprawling, ambitious work...it loops back and forth through history with remarkable lucidity... ultimately very moving.'--Alfred Hickling, The Guardian

'Richly satisfying. Duncan manages to fuse racial and personal dislocation beautifully in this long, seductive narrative....A terrific yarn.'--The Independent on Sunday

"A vigorous roman à ghee, reminiscent at turns of Vikram Seth, Zadie Smith and Douglas Coupland."--Kirkus Reviews

About the Author:

Glen Duncan is the critically acclaimed author of six previous novels, including Death of an Ordinary Man; I, Lucifer; and, most recently, The Bloodstone Papers. He lives in London.

About this edition

• Publisher: Ecco Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0061239674
• ISBN 13: 9780061239670
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 432