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Public Opinion
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The River in the Sky
Clive James has been close to death for several years, and he has written about the experience in a series of deeply moving poems. In Sentenced to Life, he was clear-sighted as he faced the end, honest about his regrets. In Injury Time, he wrote about living well in the time remaining, focusing our attention on the joys of family and art, and celebrating the immediate beauty of the world. When The River in the Sky opens, we find James in ill health but high spirits. Although his body traps him at home, his mind is free to roam, and this long poem is animated by his recollection of what life was and never will be again; as it resolves into a flowing stream of vivid images, his memories are em...
The Athenaeum
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Nice Work
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Escape
Former World War I British Army Captain Matt Denant protects a poor prostitute from an over-persistent plainclothes police detective. In a scuffle Denant hits the detective who as a result falls, striking his head, and dies. Denant gets sentenced to Dartmoor Prison for manslaughter and escapes from a work detail. The plot is a series of episodes where Denant meets people who will either abet or obstruct his escape, thus becoming a study in class structure and ethos according to Galsworthy's interpretation of 1920s British society.
Saturday Review
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The Beckoning Hand, and Other Stories
Grant Allen was born in Canada, educated in France and the United Kingdom and worked in many places including Jamaica, during his lifetime. He was primarily a scientist, turning only to literature in later life. This is a collection of stories full of melodrama and intrigue.
