Authors: Paul Scott
ISBN-13: 9780226743448, ISBN-10: 0226743446
Format: Paperback
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Date Published: May 1998
Edition: 1st Edition
Paul Scott (1920-78), born in London, held a commission in the Indian army during World War II. His many novels include Johnnie Sabib, The Chinese Love Pavilion, and Staying On.
After exploiting India's divisions for years, the British depart in such haste that no one is prepared for the Hindu-Muslim riots of 1947. The twilight of the raj turns bloody. Against the backdrop of the violent partition of India and Pakistan, A Division of the Spoils illuminates one last bittersweet romance, revealing the divided loyalties of the British as they flee, retreat from, or cling to India.
<:st> Reprint of the 1975 edition which is cited in as part of the . Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.