num_pages: 608
description: After exploiting India's divisions for years, the British depart in such haste that no one is prepared for the Hindu-Muslim riots of 1947. The twilight of the raj turns bloody. Against the backdrop of the violent partition of India and Pakistan, A Division of the Spoils illuminates one last bittersweet romance, revealing the divided loyalties of the British as they flee, retreat from, or cling to India.
language: English
title: A Division of the Spoils
titlecomplete: A Division of the Spoils (The Raj Quartet, #4)
characters: Mohammed Ali Kasim, Sarah Layton, Ahmed Kasim, Nigel Rowan, Leonard Purvis, Fenella Grace, Guy Perron, Ronald Merrick, Sayed Kasim, Susan Layton, Count Bronowsky
genres: Fiction, Historical, British Literature, India, Literature, Classics, Novels, Historical Fiction, 20th Century, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 1331
places: India
series: The Raj Quartet
publisher: University of Chicago Press