Author:John Galsworthy
In this final volume of The Forsyte Saga Galsworthy writes about the lives and loves of the Cherrell family, cousins of the Forsytes. For centuries, the Cherrell sons have left their home of Condaford Grange to serve the state as soldiers, clergymen and administrators, but the 1930s bring uncertainty in a world of rapidly altering morals and unemployment. Galsworthy’s portrayal of the effect of political change on individuals show him as a great social novelist as well as the author of one of the most gripping family sagas ever written.
Compulsively readable prose... A deeply felt, intricately worked and intellectually searching work of absolutely international importance
—— GuardianThe Half Brother is like Paul Auster's The Book of Illusions meeting Jonathan Franzen's The Corrections
—— IndependentAn ambitious, panoramic novel-It moves effortlessly from surreal comedy to touching scenes of domestic intimacy... A big rewarding read
—— Gerard Woodward , TelegraphPowerful, dramatic and magical
—— Daily MailExhilarating...delivered with clarity, energy and imaginative force
—— New Statesman