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Elizabeth Jane Howard Casting Off (Uk Edition)
Pan Books 1996 0-330-34481-1 / 9780330344814 Paperback Very Good
The final volume in the Cazalet Chronicle quartet. Opening in July 1945, th is novel progresses through to 1947, following Rupert's life as he struggle s with normality and the difficulty of finding his position back in the fam ily. Polly, Clary and Louise also feature in the book.
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500.00 JPY
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Elizabeth Jane Howard Falling (Uk Edition)
PAN MACMILLAN 20000505 0-330-36889-3 / 9780330368896 Trade Paperbac Very Good
To the delight of her many readers, Elizabeth Jane Howard has been producin g prose of a subtlety, intelligence and feeling that has rarely faltered du ring the 50 years she has been writing. She is able to successfully straddl e the disparate worlds of the popular and literary novel and this new book is among her most accomplished. Choosing a cynical and compromised first- p erson narrator, Howard introduces us to Henry Kent--a man looking for a wom an--preferably one with a little money. Henry, in late middle age, is livin g without means on a dank houseboat. Getting by on his charm is no longer f easible and when writer Daisy Langrish buys a cottage close by, he sets his sights on her. But those around Daisy--her agent, her daughter--begin to a sk questions about him. And the revelations they uncover have them very wor ried indeed. With a tone reminiscent of William Trevor, this is Howard at h er most psychologically perceptive: her subject here is nothing less than a n ambitious exploration of love, dealing in a dispassionate way with both t he joys and the dangers. She demonstrates that the need to be first in some one's affections is a seductive but risky business and her powerful renderi ng of human emotion has the same scalpel-like precision as The Cazalet Chro nicle. Many regard the latter as Howard's finest book, but this new volume is likely to change perceptions. Henry is fascinatingly characterised (we a re allowed a nicely ambiguous attitude to him) and the slow but assured unw inding of the narrative grips with memorable force.
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