OM
dedicated this novel to the memory of J. G. Farrell
. Its brief coda, like the one that ends the first trilogy, was written at the suggestion of Reggie Smith
.
David, Deirdre. Olivia Manning: A Woman at War. Oxford University Press, 2012.
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Braybrooke, Neville, and Isobel English. Olivia Manning: A Life. Chatto and Windus, 2004.
This book was runner-up for the Booker Prize, by a whisker and a casting vote. The winner was The Siege of Krishnapur by J. G. Farrell
. The judges were Edna O'Brien
and Mary McCarthy