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A hardcover Foyles Book Club Edition, undated. In the original dustjacket, which is now in a clear plastic Herma dustjacket cover.
The novel explores the impact of the looming threat of war with Russia on English society, specifically focusing on the attitudes of people in an English village as they go about their daily lives. The story centers around a guest house run by an Irish couple and features an Austrian painter who was previously in a concentration camp. A key plot point involves a woman who becomes an ardent pacifist, causing a scandal in her social circle and family...
(Originally 1952, Foyles Editions were generally the year of publication or the year after, so 1952/3)
Good cover art, look at the reflections of bombers on the village green.
