If the novel is basically a romantic adventure featuring Victoria and the men around her, Masters uses this plot to weave in various other threads, depicting the growing tensions within the community as underground forces try to sabotage the birth of the new Indian independent nation. In the(fictional) railway town of Bhowani Junction, historical events catch up with a number of characters, and in particular with Anglo-Indian Victoria Jones, fresh out of WAC service and in search of her cultural identity in a rapidly changing nation. The novel is set in 1946, as the British are facing increasing independentist pressure in India. The book kept me up late for three nights, basically compromising my already messed-up sleep patterns.Ĭomparison with the 1956 movie featuring Ava Gardner and Stewart Granger was unavoidable, but I’ll concentrate on the novel in this post. I mentioned a few days back that I was going to read John Masters‘ 1954 novel, Bhowani Junction.
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