More difficult is the work of Major Roland Raven-Hart. After fifteen years spent travelling the island, he knew it as well as any other writer. Although his writing can be jumbled and chatty, there’s no doubting its scholarship, and – in matters archaeological – Ceylon History in Stone (Lake House, 1964, Colombo) is an impressive work. More troubling was his interest in boys, who appear, largely naked, throughout the pictures. Nowadays, a book like this would land you in jail.
Island of pedophilia.
