A review by tomhill
The Go-Between by L.P. Hartley

4.0

Interesting for its influence on Ian McEwan's Atonement, but also compelling in its own right as a story of class differences, as an English estate story, and as a coming of age novel. It takes longer to get where it's going than Atonement, and probably could be a bit shorter, but it is very well plotted and well written, and the climax is quite powerful, especially since it is the first time that what has been alluded to the entire novel is finally made explicit. Also, I usually don't like epilogues, but I was okay with this one.