![]() ![]() George would tell you, in effect, ‘Oh yes I was bullied, but so were all the small, bookish boys.’Īppalled by absurd evidence in the case, and the obvious racism in all this, Arthur enters the scene. George and his father, good old-fashioned Christians that they are, refused to acknowledge the obvious racism in all this. (I’m not giving away plot, we pretty much know all this near the start of the book.) ![]() The local hick police accuse (and basically ‘frame’) George of the letters and the mutilations. Later the threats escalate and are tied in with a series of farm animal mutilations. George is just starting out in his career as a lawyer when his family is targeted by a series of obscene, threatening anonymous letters. George Edalji was a real person, a brown-skinned man, the son of an Indian father, a parish vicar, and a Scottish mother. A historical novel based on true events in England in the late 1800’s to early 1900’s. ![]()
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