suzmac 's review for:

Barchester towers by Anthony Trollope

4.0

---

Coincidently a local book club pick and so I had my hands on a fresh paperback copy. One of his better known and most popular. Trollope pokes fun at political appointments and high ranking persons and their ubiquitous suck-ups with such a light masterful touch. Really a comedy of manners. Though I enjoyed the first half of the book more than the second. Plot involves appointment of a new bishop to the town of Barchester and what a winner he is. The bishop’s wife and chaplain battle over who will rule this man who barely thinks for himself. Not that this stopped his great career. Of course there are subplots of romance, proposals, promotions, demotions, etc.

Prior to the last chapter the author treats us to his anxiety of how to end a novel. Great peek inside the mind of the artist. I must get the book out one more time and quote this page.