After WW I, a young painter Walter Cox enrols at the Slade School under Henry Tonks and Wilson Steer; here he meets all the important people in his life, his wife Sarah, the alluring Nina, and the sculptor Euan who becomes his best friend. But it is Kent and its people including Walter's children which shape this atmospheric novel. So authentic are its characters and settings that I couldn't believe they were mostly fictional.
(Jenny Baker - bwl 22 February 2004 ) |
