Essential reading
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Anthony Powell's reputation has suffered as his snobbery and elitism emerged from his memoirs; his work stands up to Evely Waugh's (another author who was not a nice person) and the Roman a clef element is still fascinating- the Moreland/ Constant Lambert character is wonderfully drawn. I devoured the series while revising for finals in the 1970's and I think the books made me a beter doctor than my reading of Gray's anatomy (the anatomy textbook, not the TV series). As many of the characters are versions of real people I am amazed that one reviewer found them cardboard!!!
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Hyped
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A very poor book. The author has gone for width at the expense of depth. The characters are poorly drawn, just a lot of different names stuck on to cardboard cut outs.
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Absolutely fantastic serial
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This picks up after Spring and continues the story. This is a must read if you've read Spring - and if not, why not?
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