Staying on
- ISBN-10
- 0586045856
- ISBN-13
- 9780586045855
- Series
- Staying On
- Category
- Anglo-Indian fiction
- Pages
- 255
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1978
- Author
- Paul Scott
Description
A striking portrayal of the twilight lives of a hard-up old British colonel and his lady still in India, when all the others have returned home, and it is now rich Indians who play bridge in the club.
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