The Sleep of Reason (Snow novel)
Author | Charles Percy Snow |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Series | Strangers and Brothers |
Publication date | 1968 |
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Preceded by | Corridors of Power |
Followed by | Last Things |
The Sleep of Reason is the tenth book in C. P. Snow's Strangers and Brothers series.
Plot synopsis[]
Lewis Eliot returns to his home town during the trial of two young women for murder. Eliot and his generation strive to understand the society of the 1960s.
Reception[]
In a 1968 book review in Kirkus Reviews summarized the book as; "Snow's approach is as massively ceremonious as ever. Each character is introduced by an organ chord of commentary: thoughts are as long as life; characters from other books are prodded into being. But there is a certain dogged majesty in this far exit as Snow lumbers down the halls of power."[1]
References[]
- ^ "The Sleep of Reason". Kirkus Reviews. 1 January 1968.
Categories:
- 1968 British novels
- English novels
- Novels by C. P. Snow
- British political novels
- Macmillan Publishers books
- Political novel stubs
- 1960s novel stubs