A review by bristoni74
In Certain Circles by Elizabeth Harrower

1.0

This was my book club selection for July with the theme being "unpublished manuscripts". I started this book with much anticipation set in Sydney after WW2 about the clash of different worlds - one of privilege and the other of struggle and poverty but was disappointed. Apparently, the author has said that this book "felt forced" because she had won a grant and so had to deliver a novel. I haven't read her other books but this attitude came across to me - I didn't find it engaging at all. The novel felt very much of it's time (written in 1971 but set post WW2) which is disappointing because many classics can be read over and over again and still feel contemporary. I wouldn't recommend this one.