The Grownups Author:Victoria Glendinning From Library Journal — This is a marvelously astute book about life's realities. Its central character is Dr. Leo Ulm, a largely forgotten philosopher who has gained new fame as a TV show host; the other characters are related to him by blood, affection, or proximity. Glendinning explores each character and the web of relationships that bind them... more », in the process dealing with perennial questions about the nature of greatness, love, and truth. One important theme is the limited nature of each person's vision and how even that incomplete vision alters with time and shifting priorities. At the climax of the novel--the somewhat mysterious death of Dr. Ulm -- the reader is forced into a reassessment of the whole cast. A first novel that involves and challenges by the noted biographer of Rebecca West and Elizabeth Bowen.
- Laurence Hull, Cannon Memorial Lib., Concord, N.C.
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