The Disappeared is an apparently straightforward title for his new novel. But the writer and philosopher Roger Scruton has created a radiantly beautiful aesthetic whole in which there is even more going on than initially meets the mind’s eye.
The novel is set in present-day Yorkshire and weaves together a rich cast of characters that includes Muslim immigrants to Britain from Afghanistan and Iraq. Given that the book’s overt theme is human trafficking and sex slavery, it is no small achievement on Scruton’s part that he is able to find a beautiful story to tell.
http://bcc.rcav.org/opinion-and-editorial/4943-novel-treats-human-trafficking-in-symphonic-tale-of-abuse-and-healing
The novel is set in present-day Yorkshire and weaves together a rich cast of characters that includes Muslim immigrants to Britain from Afghanistan and Iraq. Given that the book’s overt theme is human trafficking and sex slavery, it is no small achievement on Scruton’s part that he is able to find a beautiful story to tell.
http://bcc.rcav.org/opinion-and-editorial/4943-novel-treats-human-trafficking-in-symphonic-tale-of-abuse-and-healing