sections:Tabitha Baskett is seduced by an engaging scoundrel named Bonser who deserts her when she is pregnant. She is taken under the wing of a businessman who is also a patron of the arts; and after his death, by a millionaire. Finally she returns to Bonser who marries her. In charting the life of Tabitha, Cary has written one of the most enchantingly comic and life-enhancing stories of modern fiction and a vivid history of the first half of the twentieth century.
book reviews
- News Chronicle
“It is a very good novel. I think it may be a great novel…sensitivity to human relationships and a sense of form which we have missed since EM Forster grew silent.”
- CP Snow
“Read this book. It is a fine example of the work of one of the best contemporary novelists.”
- Daily Telegraph
“A bizarre love story…full of his best fun.”
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