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Raymond Langrish agrees to undertake military training after befrending a young army officer who talks of a 'state of emergency'.However he finds himself drawn into a struggle with a mysterious and irrational force which threatens his sanity. The book is Jocelyn Brooke's only true novel,yet it contains several autobiographical elements in which his own army experiences are translated into a Kafkaesque vision where fantasy and reality are blurred.
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A remarkable Kafkaesque tour de force for a writer who had, in fact, never read Kafka when the book was written. (Anthony Powell)
He is subtle as the devil (John Betjeman)
The skill and intensity of the writing made peculiarly haunting this cry of complaint on behalf of a bewildered Man (Pamela Hansford Johnson Daily Telegraph)
This is an uneasy, adult fairy story, composed in a minor key so personal and cryptic that its mysteries admit no real resolution. Once read, however, it’s extremely hard to forget. (Tim Martin Telegraph)
Seldom have naturalism and fantasy been more strangely merged . . . Mr Brooke is a great writer (Elizabeth Bowen)
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He is subtle as the devil (John Betjeman)
The skill and intensity of the writing made peculiarly haunting this cry of complaint on behalf of a bewildered Man (Pamela Hansford Johnson Daily Telegraph)
This is an uneasy, adult fairy story, composed in a minor key so personal and cryptic that its mysteries admit no real resolution. Once read, however, it’s extremely hard to forget. (Tim Martin Telegraph)
Seldom have naturalism and fantasy been more strangely merged . . . Mr Brooke is a great writer (Elizabeth Bowen)
A forgotten classic of gay, post-war literature
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- PublisherPenguin
- Publication date1983
- ISBN 10 0140062947
- ISBN 13 9780140062946
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- Number of pages144
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