A Question of Upbringing

This book surprised me. I liked it far more than I expected to. I???ve been putting off reading the whole Dance To The Music Of Time for almost 20 years, and now I???m sorry I didn???t start sooner. A light and pleasurable read, describing several episodes in the late schooling of a British lad in the post WWI time period, it depicts without strain or apparent effort, a background and a sense of the society of the time. His ability to explore in depth a simple set of events in order to elucidate character, relationships, the societal milieu and mores, is striking. A very entertaining and enjoyable read, but not purely fluff and insignificance, as the psychological insights are acute and revealing, and the picture of an age that emerges is unlike any I have gotten from any writer other than Proust. I look forward to the next volume.