![]() ![]() Harrington Brande, Consul, feels himself unappreciated, side-tracked beneath his just desserts, when he is sent to a minor port of Spain- and he takes out his frustrations by intensified superiority towards his underlings, intensified possessiveness and dominance over his frail nine-year old son, Nicholas. ![]() And yet there is a holding quality to the telling, even if at the close there is a sense of bafflement. The story is rather unusual, not wholly convincing the characters are somewhat wooden. And not a book that will either enhance or detract from his reputation. ![]() An odd, off-the-beaten track performance, this, not to be bracketed with anything else Cronin has done. ![]()
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