Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer <br/><br/>
Heat and dust 
Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer 
 - London  Abacus  2011 
 - 181 p. 
<br/><br/> Winner of the booker prize 
<br/><br/> The beautiful, spoiled and bored Olivia, married to a civil servant, outrages society in the tiny, suffocating town of Satipur by eloping with an Indian prince. Fifty years later, her step-granddaughter goes back to the heat, the dust and the squalor of the bazaars to solve the enigma of Olivia's scandal. 'A superb book. A complex story line, handled with dazzling assurance ...moving and profound. Ruth Prawer Jhabvala has not only written a love story, she has also exposed the soul and nerve ends of a fascinating and compelling country. This is a book of cool, controlled brilliance. It is a jewel to be treasured' THE TIMES (http://www.amazon.com/Heat-and-Dust/dp/0349000131) 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780349000138 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Best sellers - British - India - Fiction<br/>India - History - British occupation, 1765-1947 - Fiction<br/>Married women - Fiction
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>823