The New York Times found this study part detective story, part biography, part hatchet job and part comedy of manners, calling it sharply observed and sometimes very funny.
Contemporary Authors: New Revision Series. Gale Research.
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Caroline Blackwood
Critic Val Warner
called CB
a unique voice in twentieth-century British fiction.
Contemporary Authors: New Revision Series. Gale Research.