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The Bloodstone Papers

door Glen Duncan

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His dreams of attaining Olympic glory shattered, mixed-heritage Catholic boxer Ross Monroe is exiled from his home in 1940s India and finds himself consumed by an obsession that sets in motion events that impact the investigation of an English writer into his father's past.
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'The Bloodstone Papers' is the first book by Glen Duncan that I've read without the extra draw of the supernatural, but it was no less compelling once I'd given it a chance. A teacher approaching middle age making ends meet with bar-tending and writing cheap romances, nurses a broken-heart and is trying to write the book, the story of his parents' courtship and life in India just before and after its independence. Their story is told in alternating chapters, covering how they grew up and giving an important picture of India under the British Empire. 'Burmese Days' and 'A Passage to India' don't give much attention to those permanent products of 'the Raj': the Anglo-Indians.

Duncan's writing can be densely descriptive, and, frankly, a bit much, but he's so honest and willing to dig into the uncomfortable, uncertain facts and emotions head-on - it didn't take me long to get pulled into the story even if some of the surface elements: sadsack failure of one protagonist, boxer for another, etc. didn't seem like my cup of tea. But I got involved, because Duncan is a sophisticated storyteller. Duncan uses his author-protagonist to consciously draw parallels between himself and his father and on the importance of storytelling and the idea of destiny. This is a great piece of modern fiction. ( )
  ManWithAnAgenda | Feb 18, 2019 |
Another different than what's come before novel from my current favourite author. This time around he draws from his own family history and takes a look at the Anglo-Indians when the Raj was crumbling in 1940's India while also examining what it means for that minority in the present day. Owen Monroe (the narrator) is a teacher, bartender & occasional porn novelist using a pseudonym of Millicent Nash. He wants to write The Book telling the life-story of his parents (Ross & Kate) going back to those troubled times and what it was like for them then. The story is split with alternating chapters detailing Owen's current life and then telling his parents' story. Owen is also carrying on an investigation for his father trying to find a man named Skinner who is a recurring character in Ross' history usually to the detriment of his current fortunes.

While I said it was different to his other work, there are a few of Glen Duncan's usual themes running throughout the dual narrative. He looks at death, sex, fate, lost love and relationships but never lets any overpower the story that he's telling. It is an intelligent, sad, funny, insightful story that examines what it means to belong to a minority people while never beating you over the head with it or sending you on a guilt-trip. While I think this is somewhat toned down from most of his other books there are still some graphic depictions of sex and sexuality, quite a lot of profanity and some scenes of violence. So those put off by such things should probably be forewarned before picking up anything by this author. ( )
  AHS-Wolfy | Jul 17, 2013 |
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