Lewis Eliot is the narrator of the novels in the STRANGERS AND BROTHERS series. C.P. Snow, among other things, was a social historian. Tom Orbell is younger than Lewis. He is a Fellow at the Cambridge College to which Lewis's brother Martin is attached. It is 1953. Lewis is introduced by Tom to Laura Howard. One of the younger Fellows has gotten caught in a case of scientific fraud. The man concerned is Laura's husband Donald. Laura wants Tom to reopen the case. Tom casts Lewis as a sort of elder statesman. He may be able to talk with his friends at the college. Laura decides that Lewis is no good at all.
At the college, visiting his brother, Lewis sees Francis Getliffe. Lewis learns that Howard had been a moderately well-known fellow-traveler. Howard has damaged his case with college personnel by blaming his elderly advisor for the lapse. The man, very distinguished, has died recently.
On Christmas night Martin and Lewis eat at the college to spare their wives the trouble of preparing another meal. Lewis is surprised to learn there that one of the Fellows, Skeffington, believes that Howard's case merits re-opening because a page received in the last batch of notebooks of the deceased scientist may support Howard's explanation of the discrepancy. When Lewis approaches Francis Getliffe to support re-opening the case, he discovers that Francis is inclined, with no particular urging of Lewis, to recommend that the matter be reconsidered. Getliffe's position in the matter is bound to sway others.
In the course of taking testimony it is inevitable that Nightingale, the Bursar, be suspected of secreting a crucial photograph, (the notebook in question passed through his hands first). Fact-finding does not end neatly, but rough justice prevails.
Snow's careful recital of the fictitious controversy and its solution is of great interest. The author's realistic appraisal of people and people's motives is called forth in this excellent work.
$11.99 with 33 percent savings
Digital List Price: $17.99 
The Digital List Price is the suggested price provided by the publisher for the eBook format.
Learn more
Learn more
Download the free Kindle app and start reading Kindle books instantly on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required.
Read instantly on your browser with Kindle for Web.
Using your mobile phone camera - scan the code below and download the Kindle app.
Customers who bought this item also bought
Page 1 of 1 Start overPage 1 of 1
About the author
This Novel Brings Lewis Eliot Back To His Old Cambridge College
"The Affair is perhaps the most celebrated of C.P. Snow's books, a runaway best seller and a great hit in its stage adaption.THIS NOVEL BRINGS LEWIS ELIOT BACK TO HIS OLD CAMBRIDGE COLLEGE.Donald Howard, a young reserach associate, falsifies data and is deprived of his Fellowship.Bitter and friendless, he is deserted by all but his wife.She turns to Eliot for help and he movilizes support for Howard....."[from the back cover of the case]
Top reviews from the United States
There was a problem filtering reviews. Please reload the page.
- Reviewed in the United States on August 18, 2008
"The Affair is perhaps the most celebrated of C.P. Snow's books, a runaway best seller and a great hit in its stage adaption.
This Novel Brings Lewis Eliot Back To His Old Cambridge College
Reviewed in the United States on August 18, 2008
THIS NOVEL BRINGS LEWIS ELIOT BACK TO HIS OLD CAMBRIDGE COLLEGE.
Donald Howard, a young reserach associate, falsifies data and is deprived of his Fellowship.
Bitter and friendless, he is deserted by all but his wife.
She turns to Eliot for help and he movilizes support for Howard....."
[from the back cover of the case]
Images in this review
Top reviews from other countries
- pamela smallReviewed in the United Kingdom on September 23, 2018
WELL WRITTEN AND GREAT STORY
- GOLDWINGER1500Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 6, 2023
The Strangers and Brothers series develops book by book
