Scott, Paul - Scott, Paul 1920–
Scott, Paul 1920–
Scott is a British novelist. Stimulated by his military service in India, he began to write about the final years of British domination in India and the effects of its cessation. Although for a time he abandoned this theme, he returned to it in the voluminous "Raj Quartet."
Mr. Paul Scott is never content with the mixture as before. From The Birds of Paradise to The Bender represents a leap within the compass of only the most agile and venture-some of novelists. Tropical islands have sunk well below the horizon. This is a London novel…. The emotional climate has changed, too, from twanging and lyrical to muffled and partially atrophied. The atmosphere, not long ago so hot and thunderous, is now authentically damp, gin-hazy and metropolitan.
A natural accompaniment of this restlessness of Mr. Scott's is his love of experiment, of testing new techniques. The story is most artfully expounded. The central action...
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