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1984
A
DIVISION
OF THE
SPOILS
is the fourth and final volume in Paul Scott's monumental
elegy for the last days of British India. At once brilliant
historical reconstruction and unputdownable novel, it is
the culmination of a major literary work of our time.
'Its two great and time-resisting virtues are, first, the
extraordinary range of characters it so skilfully portrays
and, secondly, its powerful evocation of the last days of
British India, now quietly slipping away into history'
J. G. FARRELL TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT
'He shows all the skill of an accomplished historian in
laying bare the complex and often conflicting inter-
relationships of the era; and the ramshackle grandeur of
the Raj is brilliantly realized'
SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
'One cannot read Paul Scott's quartet of novels
without being moved ... His achievement is on any
count a major one'
MAX BELOFF BOOKS AND WRITERS
'The cumulative effect ... is, quite simply, monumental
WASHINGTON POST