![]() It reveals Brooke to be a daring writer long overdue for reappraisal, whose work has retained all its originality and power. When Dinah Brooke’s Lord Jim at Home was first published in 1973 it was described as ‘squalid and startling’, and ‘nastily horrific’ and ‘a monstrous parody’ of the upper-middle class. Yet on his return from war, he finds himself adrift and one day – like the hero of Joseph Conrad’s classic Lord Jim – he commits an act so shocking that it calls his past, his character and his whole world into question. The camaraderie of life offer him some semblance of purpose and contentment. Always hoping to live up to his family’s expectations he joins the Navy on the outbreak of war. ![]() Wholly unloved, he is shipped off to one boarding school after another. Giles Trenchard is born into privilege – and an atmosphere of hidden violence and isolation. ‘If it weren’t such a pleasure to read, I’d say that Lord Jim at Home. ![]()
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