Homecomings (novel)
Appearance
First edition (UK) | |
| Author | C. P. Snow |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Series | Strangers and Brothers |
| Publisher | Macmillan Publishers (UK) Charles Scribner's Sons (US) |
Publication date | 1956 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | |
| Preceded by | The New Men |
| Followed by | The Affair |
Homecomings is the seventh book in C. P. Snow's Strangers and Brothers series. The events concern the personal life of narrator Lewis Eliot.
Plot synopsis
[edit]Following his wife's death, Eliot begins seeing Margaret. Her subsequent, and unsuccessful, marriage to another man leads to a difficult affair.
Reception
[edit]In a 1956 book review in Kirkus Reviews summarized the book as "An inordinately objective observer, C. P. Snow's leisurely narrative has a cumulative validity; it is also impressive in its breadth and control."[1]
References
[edit]- ^ "Homecomings". Kirkus Reviews. 5 October 1956.