The setting sun
a memoir of empire and family secrets
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Word Count
76,500 words, Guess
Page Count
306 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivesettingsunmemoir0000moor
- ISBN-101781682682
- ISBN-139781781682685
- Library of Congress Control Number2013037732
- OCLC Control Number856977649
and 4 more
- Better World BooksO7-BBU-188
- Better World Books9781781682685
- Better World Books860-BAA-802
- Open LibraryOL27160288M
Classifications
- DDC954.03/59092
- DDCB
- LCCHV8249.S37 M66 2014
and 1 more
- LCCDS480.83
Description
"Setting Sun is the story of the dying days of an Empire, combined with gripping family history, in an extraordinary literary voyage across India. 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 May member of the Indian Police before Independence, partook in the abuse of civilians his world is shaken as his 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 scenes, Moore-Gilbert finally pieces together the truth, ultimately discovering that the same story links the past with the present, colonial India with its modern incarnation, terrorism through the ages and father with son"--
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