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Mother
& Son
1955
The exacting Miranda's search for a suitable companion brings her family into contact with a very different kind of household, raising a plenitude of questions about the ability to manage alone, the difficulties of living with strangers and, indeed, some strange discoveries about intimates.
As secrets are revealed, tables are beautifully arranged, family bonds are fiercely shaken and new proposals are made....
Compton-Burnett casts an unflinching and acerbic eye on the nature of companionship and the fear of being alone.
CRITICAL ACCLAIM
"Miss Compton-Burnett is totally unlike any other novelist. Wit and melodrama have never been so combined before, and the combination is a brilliant success.... She is a unique figure in modern English literature."
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Philip Toynbee
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