Lord Jim at Home [electronic resource]
Dinah Brooke2023
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Giles Trenchard is born into privilege – and an atmosphere of hidden violence
and isolation. Wholly unloved, he is shipped off to one boarding school after
another. Always hoping to live up to his family's expectations he joins the Navy
on the outbreak of war . The camaraderie of life offer him some semblance of
purpose and contentment. Yet on his return from war, he finds himself adrift and
one day – like the hero of Joseph Conrad's classic Lord Jim – he commits an act
so shocking that it calls his past, his character and his whole world into
question. When Dinah Brooke's Lord Jim at Home was first published in 1973 it
was described as 'squalid and startling', and 'nastily horrific' and 'a
monstrous parody' of the upper-middle class. It reveals Brooke to be a daring
writer long overdue for reappraisal, whose work has retained all its originality
and power. Seething with cruelty and darkness, this strange, compelling novel is
as unforgettable as it is unnerving.
Main title:
Lord Jim at Home [electronic resource] / Dinah Brooke
Author:
Dinah Brooke, Author
Imprint:
London United Kingdom : Daunt Books, 2023
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (288 pages, 410577.0 Bytes)
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System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781914198656
Language:
English
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BRN:
451734
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| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | indyreads - eBook |