Rising
Synopsis
Sabino - the outcast member of a rich mine-owning family - is renowned for his arrogance and brutality. For reasons of personal revenge, he agrees to lead an expedition to crush saboteurs who are attacking a railway like vital to the mine. Leading his army of half-starved men across the arid and treacherous landscape, Sabino also embarks on a journey of the soul.
Author Biography
R. C. Hutchinson was born in Finchley, North London and educated at Monkton Combe School, near Bath. He received his BA at Oriel College, Oxford in 1927.His first novel, Thou Hast a Devil, was published in 1930. It was followed by The Answering Glory, and The Unforgotten Prisoner, which sold 150,000 copies in the first month. Subsequent novels also sold very well and in 1935 he left Colman’s to begin writing full-time.
In March 1940 he joined the army, and in July was posted as captain in the 8th Battalion of the Buffs Regiment. He travelled widely during the war, while continuing to write. In October 1945, after preparing the official history of the Paiforce campaign, he was demobilized with the rank of Major.
After the war he wrote many more successful novels, often recommended by book clubs. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in June 1962.
He died before completing the last chapter of his novel, Rising. It was published in September 1975 and short-listed for the Booker Prize in November.
