The Day of the Scorpion

Second in the epic quartet capturing life at the end of British rule in India, "an achievement of unusual dimensions and power" (The Observer (UK)).

In The Day of the Scorpion, Scott draws us deeper in to his epic of India at the close of World War II. With force and subtlety, he recreates both private ambition and perversity, and the politics of an entire subcontinent at a turning point in history.

As the scorpion, encircled by a ring of fire, will sting itself to death, so does the Briti...