The Tainted

Cauvery Madhavan

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English

HopeRoad
30 April 2020

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Regiments; Mutiny

It’s spring 1920 in the small military town of Nandagiri in south-east India. Colonel Aylmer, commander of the Royal Irish Kildare Rangers, is in charge. A distance away, decently hidden from view, lies the native part of Nandagiri with its heaving bazaar, reeking streets and brothels.

Everyone in Nandagiri knows their place and the part they were born to play – with one exception. The local Anglo-Indians, tainted by their mixed blood, belong . . . nowhere.

When news of the Black and Tans’ atrocities back in Ireland reaches the troops, even their priest cannot cool the men’s hot-headed rage. Politics vie with passion as Private Michael Flaherty pays court to Rose, Mrs Aylmer’s Anglo-Indian maid . . . but mutiny brings heroism and heartbreak in equal measure. Only the arrival of Colonel Aylmer’s grandson Richard, some 60 years later, will set off the reckoning, when those who were parted will be reunited, and those who were lost will be found again.

By: Cauvery Madhavan
Imprint: HopeRoad
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm,
Weight: 248g
ISBN: 9781916467187
ISBN 10: 1916467180
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 30 April 2020
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Cauvery Madhavan was born and educated in India and is the author of Paddy Indian and The Uncoupling. Cauvery moved to Ireland thirty-three years ago and has been in love with the country ever since. She lives with her husband and three children in beautiful County Kildare.

Reviews for The Tainted

Cauvery Madhavan's evocative narrative spins together the intriguing lives of her characters over nearly seven decades and makes 'The Tainted' a riveting read. Unfolding largely through conversations among the principal characters is an elegiac tale of the Anglo-Indian community, their heritage and their uncertain future. The intricate details of every experience are captured in simple language and with great precision. A moving story, compellingly told’ - Shashi Tharoor ‘Cauvery Madhavan's evocative narrative spins together the intriguing lives of her characters over nearly seven decades and makes 'The Tainted' a riveting read. Unfolding largely through conversations among the principal characters is an elegiac tale of the Anglo-Indian community, their heritage and their uncertain future. The intricate details of every experience are captured in simple language and with great precision. A moving story, compellingly told’ Shashi Tharoor