Inderjit Sanghera's Reviews > Inez

The russet-hued tones of the book reflect the vermilion hair of Inez, who acts the tinder which sets the soul of the protagonist Gabriel ablaze,  her flame slowly dissipating only to flare up again in the heart of Gabriel. 

"Ines shook her head no, and the movement highlighted the cherry tones in her hair. She rubbed her burned fingers discreetly on her skirt. Just at the thigh. The rising sun seemed pale with envy as it struck the girl's fiery aureole"

The whole book revolves around the relationship between Gabriel and Inez. From their first meeting in London where Inez's independence, her reluctance to allow her voice to be tempered by the fiery indignation of the composer Gabriel, to the languorous days in Mexico of their middle ages, where the passion of their youth is transformed into something even more dangerous and deeper as the dissonances caused by their emotional interplay lead to their final break-up.

Finally an aged Gabriel reflects wanly on his life, a life dominated by his passion for Inez, a passion which was for so long unconsummated but, once acted on causes his soul to brim over under the emotional cacophony which Inez's crimson hair unleashes in Gabriel's soul.