The Sleep of Reason is the tenth book in C. P. Snow's Strangers and Brothers series.
Author | Charles Percy Snow |
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Language | English |
Series | Strangers and Brothers |
Publisher | Macmillan |
Publication date | 1968 |
Publication place | United Kingdom |
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Preceded by | Corridors of Power |
Followed by | Last Things |
Plot synopsis
editLewis 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
editIn 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
edit- ^ "The Sleep of Reason". Kirkus Reviews. 1 January 1968.