After the first world war, in England where former economic reconstruction fighters are struggling to recover instead, benchmarks and balance, a former officer investigating the return loss and the suicide of a classmate Captain Emmett at the request of the latter's sister, Mary. The novel is structured and well documented. Throughout, the suspense maintained does not allow the attention to relax. The characters are well drawn and interesting. My preference is the journalist Tresham Brabourne. The 3 portraits woman show credible but outgoing personalities the beaten track of the time. I suggest strongly to discover behind the pen names of Hermes, Charon and Sisyphus.
I think not, it's not a small polar only distracting, it can lead about some of its components such as the execution of officers for desertion and cowardice, the consequences thereof and trauma on families, the relationship between poetry and mental fragility ..... on reflection and deepening. He also invited his re-reading.
