Paul Scott (novelist)

Paul Scott (novelist)

Paul Mark Scott (25 March 1920 in Southgate - 1 March 1978 in London) was a British novelist, playwright, and poet, best known for his monumental tetralogy the Raj Quartet. His novel Staying On won the Booker Prize for 1977.

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