The Sleep of Reason (Snow novel) explained

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The Sleep of Reason
Author:Charles Percy Snow
Country:United Kingdom
Language:English
Series:Strangers and Brothers
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Publisher:Macmillan
Pub Date:1968
Media Type:Print
Preceded By:Corridors of Power
Followed By:Last Things

The Sleep of Reason is the tenth book in C. P. Snow's Strangers and Brothers series.

Plot synopsis

Lewis Eliot returns to his home town during the trial of two young women for murder. Eliot and his generation strive to understand the society of the 1960s.

Reception

In a 1968 book review in Kirkus Reviews summarized the book as; "Snow's approach is as massively ceremonious as ever. Each character is introduced by an organ chord of commentary: thoughts are as long as life; characters from other books are prodded into being. But there is a certain dogged majesty in this far exit as Snow lumbers down the halls of power."[1]

Notes and References

  1. The Sleep of Reason . Kirkus Reviews. 1 January 1968.