The setting sun : a memoir of empire and family secrets
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Published
London : Verso, 2014.
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Book
Physical Desc
xi, 306 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
Status
Main Library - Adult
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Published
London : Verso, 2014.
Language
English
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"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"--,Provided by publisher.
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LC Subjects
Autobiographies.
India -- History -- Autonomy and independence movements.
India -- History -- British occupation, 1765-1947.
Moore-Gilbert, B. J., -- 1952- -- Travel -- India.
Police -- India -- Satara (District) -- History -- 20th century.
Police misconduct -- India -- Satara (District) -- History -- 20th century.
Terrorism -- India -- Satara (District) -- History -- 20th century.
India -- History -- Autonomy and independence movements.
India -- History -- British occupation, 1765-1947.
Moore-Gilbert, B. J., -- 1952- -- Travel -- India.
Police -- India -- Satara (District) -- History -- 20th century.
Police misconduct -- India -- Satara (District) -- History -- 20th century.
Terrorism -- India -- Satara (District) -- History -- 20th century.