The Bloodstone Papers - Glen Duncan

Glen Duncan is my favourite author - so this will only go one way, but really this is a fascinating book. Set between the 1940’s in India and present day England, Duncan tells the story of young Indian man as he grows up from a brutal school environment, through the RAF, an amateur boxing career and his first jobs on the Indian Railway. The story is being written by a young Englishman, Owen Monroe who lives in London and using this tale to tell the story of his fathers life and his fathers obsession - which stayed with him throughout his life and until he moved to England. Inevitably the stories collide, but the depth of storytelling along the way is remqarkable, and Duncans writing seems to go from strength to strength as he weaves the storylines together. Sublime stuff and really engrossing.