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Ultimate Prizes (Paperback)

by Susan Howatch (Author)
4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 480 pages
  • Publisher: Fontana Press; New Ed edition (31 Oct 1990)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0006178006
  • ISBN-13: 978-0006178002
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 207,509 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Set in 1942, this novel describes the effect on a respectable archdeacon with a wife and a future in the Church of England, when he meets an attractive young socialite and is soon dangerously entangled in adultery, hypocrisy and obsession. The author also wrote "Glittering Images".

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5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant, 17 Oct 1999
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In my view this is a quite exceptional novel. It combines a rattling good plot with a clear and provocative message about the baggage we may carry forward from our childhoods into our adult lives. It is one of the rare books which has changed my life for the better.
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4.0 out of 5 stars read it third!, 5 Dec 2001
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In the third of the Starbridge series we get a closer look at Neville Ayesgarth, who was at loggerheads with Jon Darrow in the second book. Here it is Ayesgarth's turn to be stripped apart and laid bare by Howatch's expert scalpel! I have to admit that though I didn't dislike this book, I didn't like it as much as others in the series. It began promisingly enough, with Neville falling under the spell of the young flibbertigibbet Dido. Dido - who later becomes famous in the series as a loose cannon - resists his advances until... well, that would be giving things away. I felt though that the second part of the book gets bogged down in the dissection of Neville's past. I found it not so interesting to read about his background as he tells it to his spiritual director; as such the characters who are so important to Neville - his mother, his father, Uncle Willoughby - never came alive for me and his recounting of them felt rather slow. However, it is still a great book and indispensable to the series. Read it - but read it third; after Glittering Images and Glamorous Powers!...
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