# Heat And Dust

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- Book: [Heat And Dust](https://www.bookquiver.com/ruth-prawer-jhabvala/heat-and-dust) ([Heat And Dust.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/ruth-prawer-jhabvala/heat-and-dust.md))
- Authors: [Ruth Prawer Jhabvala](https://www.bookquiver.com/ruth-prawer-jhabvala)
- Publisher: abacus
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-07-4812-988-1
- Published: 2011-10-06
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

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