Journal Entry 1 by Antheras from Waterloo, Ontario Canada on Friday, February 26, 2010

Book Three of the Raj Quartet - continues the story of the last days of British rule in India as told mostly from the perspective of English people living in India during this period. The "towers" of the title are many things including quite literally the place where the dead of a particular Indian relgious sect are laid out and their bodies exposed to carrion who devour them. Metaphorically, the towers may represent the place to which the mentally ill retreat after they witness what they believe to be the death of God.