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Henry Green
1946
Around 220 pages

We are back with yet another Henry Green novel, although this the last time you have to endure me complaining about him. Honestly, he was never that bad, but he was never that mind-blowing either. But for being consistently good, he does deserve some props. And an official ranking.

1. Blindness

2. Party Going

3. Loving

4. Caught

5. Back

6. Living

This is the story of Charley Summers, who has been detained as a POW in Germany for three years. Not only did he lose his leg, but he also learns the married woman he was in love with died while he was gone. 

I guess it's unfair to compare everybody to the best of the best, but I just think of better novelists who have covered this ground, from Rebecca West to Evelyn Waugh. Didn't leave much of an impression, which was my entire impression of Henry Green.

RATING: ***--

Interesting Facts:

Vanessa Bell (Virginia Woolf's sister) designed the cover.

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