The Setting Sun by Bart Moore-Gilbert

The Setting Sun by Bart Moore-Gilbert

When a letter from an Indian historian arrives out of the blue and informs leading academic Bart Moore-Gilbert that his beloved deceased father, a member of the Indian Police before Independence, took part in the abuse of civilians, his world is shaken as cherished childhood memories are challenged. He sets out in search of the truth-discovering much about the end of empire, the state of India today, and whether his father, as one of the many characters on his quest claims, really was a terrorist. Crisscrossing western India, and following leads from bustling Mumbai to remote rural locations, Moore-Gilbert pieces together the truth, discovering that the story of his father's life links today's politics with the past's, colonial India with its modern incarnation, terrorism across the ages, and father with son. The Setting Sun is at once an extraordinary meditative voyage across India, a story of the dying days of an empire, and a gripping family history.

Touching and evocative and depicting India's turbulent past and present, this is an enthralling son-and-father memoir* Booklist *
"Snatches of memoir, travelogue and history add intrigue to this son's search for his father's colonial past." * Guardian *

Bart Moore-Gilbert was born in Tanzania and studied in Britain. He is currently a Professor of Postcolonial studies at Goldsmith's College, London, and the author of, among others, Postcolonial Theory and Hanif Kureishi.

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ISBN 13	9781781682685
ISBN 10	1781682682
Title	The Setting Sun
Author	Bart Moore-Gilbert
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Verso Books
Year published	2014-05-13
Number of pages	288
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