The Bloodstone Papers

by Glen Duncan

Book Overview

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0061239666
• ISBN13: 9780061239663
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: Ecco Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

A new favorite

There are a few books that I am willing to read more than once, but this is one of those few. It's one of the few contemporary books that has depth, edginess, and charm. The main characters have a sweet vulnerability and a tenderness toward each other, and are so well drawn that it's like a close friend telling you the family story. Glen Duncan's touch is light, gentle, and human, so that even disturbing scenes (that in other books might have made me feel repulsed or angered) evoked compassion and a sad sense of intimacy, rather than revulsion. Not, by any means, a book for everyone - certainly not for anyone who views the world with a conventional or conservative moral outlook. Its morality is beyond convention in many ways - thoughtful, humane, and profoundly forgiving.

a good read

I've been a fan of Glen Duncan for years and was really looking forward to a new book. I enjoyed this book, but not as much as some of his others. I learned a lot about the Anglo-Indian culture, and Duncan's prose was as lovely as ever, but the book lacked the raw emotionality of some of his earlier works. That may not be a bad thing. I still haven't recovered from reading _Hope_ and _Love Remains_. Altogether I'd recommend this book with the caveat that it differs from Duncan's usual style.