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The Towers of Silence

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“Raj Quartet, The”

  • In The Raj Quartet

    …Day of the Scorpion (1968), The Towers of Silence (1971), and A Division of the Spoils (1975), is set in India during the years leading up to that country’s independence from the British raj (sovereignty). The story examines the role of the British in India and the effect of their…

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