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tommyro's review against another edition
4.0
While the residents of Britain's former colonies may show their contempt for their former colonial rulers in books, plays, memoirs and movies, no one is better at despising the English than the English themselves. The really great English writers are masters at showing how their fellow countrymen and women are despicable. Robert Barnard, in his brilliantly understated style, is one of the best of the English chroniclers of the awfulness of the English.
msroark's review
3.0
Dependable mystery by Barnard.
A 90s look at the gay life in the 1950's England.
Still slightly dated with the term homosexual sound off-key in its constant use.
But a good mystery with a sympathetic hero.
A 90s look at the gay life in the 1950's England.
Still slightly dated with the term homosexual sound off-key in its constant use.
But a good mystery with a sympathetic hero.
raehink's review
3.0
A retired Foreign Office diplomat, while writing his memoirs, becomes obsessed with a thirty year old murder case involving a homosexual colleague. Barnard utilizes his narrative well and gives the reader a grim ending.
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