The Affair
Oct 2024 · The Strangers and Brothers Novels Book 8 · Open Road Media
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An academic is accused of fraud in this novel set in 1950s England by "an extremely shrewd observer of men and society" ( Commentary).
At Lewis Eliot's Cambridge college, Dr. Donald Howard is not well liked. Some believe his research to be subpar, and his far-left politics off-putting. So no one much mourns when Howard is fired for committing academic fraud. Eliot, though, is disturbed when new information seems to throw doubt on the don's guilt, dividing the fellows against each other and compelling Eliot to prevent a possible miscarriage of justice.
This suspenseful story is by the Booker Prize finalist and winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Award for Fiction.
"Lionel Trilling has spoken of the job the contemporary novelist does of 'telling us the way things are': The Affair is only the latest evidence to confirm that this is a job at which C. P. Snow excels." — Commentary
"A master craftsman." — The New York Times
At Lewis Eliot's Cambridge college, Dr. Donald Howard is not well liked. Some believe his research to be subpar, and his far-left politics off-putting. So no one much mourns when Howard is fired for committing academic fraud. Eliot, though, is disturbed when new information seems to throw doubt on the don's guilt, dividing the fellows against each other and compelling Eliot to prevent a possible miscarriage of justice.
This suspenseful story is by the Booker Prize finalist and winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Award for Fiction.
"Lionel Trilling has spoken of the job the contemporary novelist does of 'telling us the way things are': The Affair is only the latest evidence to confirm that this is a job at which C. P. Snow excels." — Commentary
"A master craftsman." — The New York Times
An academic is accused of fraud in this novel set in 1950s England by "an extremely shrewd observer of men and society" ( Commentary).
At Lewis Eliot's Cambridge college, Dr. Donald Howard is not well liked. Some believe his research to be subpar, and his far-left politics off-putting. So no one...
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Charles Percy Snow was a scientist, novelist, and public intellectual. Born in Leicester in 1905, Snow attended the University of Leicester and Cambridge University, where he became a fellow of Christ's College. Knighted Baron Snow in 1957, he served under Prime Minister Harold Wilson. He is best known as the author of the eleven-book Strangers and Brothers series of novels (1940–1970), which provide an insider's view on the influence of outside forces on academic institutions. Snow's novel In Their Wisdom was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1974. He was married to novelist Pamela Hansford Johnson until his death in 1980.
Charles Percy Snow was a scientist, novelist, and public intellectual. Born in Leicester in 1905, Snow attended the University of Leicester and Cambridge University, where he became a fellow of Christ's College. Knighted Baron Snow in 1957, he served under Prime Minister Harold Wilson. He is best...
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