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A Coat of Varnish by CP Snow

February 12, 2020 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

This is the final novel by the well-known British writer CP Snow. In the early days of the Booker Prize, when there was a clear tension between the older world of British writers in the 20th century (like Graham Greene and John Fowles, Paul Scott, and CP Snow) and newer writers (like JG Farrell, Beryl Bainbridge and the like) CP Snow ended up getting a few nods. The bulk of his writing was done previous to the 1970s and especially in the eleven novels of […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: A Coat of Varnish, CP Snow

vel veeter's CBR12 Review No:67 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: A Coat of Varnish, CP Snow ·
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