George Passant
22 February 2018Imprint: Bello
Synopsis
Lewis Eliot, the diffident protagonist of the Strangers and Brothers sequence, retreats to the background in this absorbing study of his mentor, George Passant, a charismatic solicitor’s clerk.
In the years of economic depression between the wars, George – an idealistic radical bursting with notions of creating the world anew – gathers about him a group of young people who,...
Details
22 February 2018444 pages
9781509864195Imprint: Bello
Reviews
One of the best novels produced in England in my timeFrank O'Connor, Spectator
Conducted with a sympathetic impartiality and a calm integrity of observation that are reflected in a style at once matter-of-fact and sensitively preciseDesmond MacCarthy, Sunday Times
A remarkable book . . . the work of a man of wide intelligence and sympathyEdwin Muir, The Listener
Together, the sequence presents a vivid portrait of British academic, political and public life. Snow was that rare thing, a scientist and novelistJeffrey Archer, Guardian
