Wyndham Lewis
1928
Around 320 pages
Wyndham Lewis is a tough author to track down, and it's easy to see why. He's not the most memorable guy, and in my opinion is really not deserving of having multiple entries on this List.
The Childermass is the first volume of the unfinished work, The Human Age. Two Englishmen killed in the Great War, Sattersthwaite and Pullman, navigate purgatory, which is predictably crowded by dead babies.
I don't vibe with experimental works, or strange journeys through the afterlife. Unfortunately, Lewis read one too many Joyce novels, so we are saddled with this. Skippable.
RATING: **---
Interesting Facts:
Lewis wrote 40 novels in his lifetime.
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