The Distant Horns of Summer.

London: Michael Joseph, 1967.

Departing both thematically and stylistically from his previous work, Bates's final novel explores the imaginary lives of two characters -- six-year-old James, neglected by his globe-trotting parents, and his seventeen-year-old governess, Gilly -- and their struggles with deceit and disappointment. The title is inspired by lines in William Blake's "The Schoolboy."

Reviews:
Books and Bookmen (October 1967, p. 49, Anne Britton, attached)
Punch (September 13, 1967, R.G.G. Price, attached)
Spectator (September 8, 1967, p. 274, Peter Vansittart, attached)

ID: 
a103
Title: 
The Distant Horns of Summer
Genre: 
Novel
Page Count: 
280
Word Count: 
ca. 86000
Publisher: 
Michael Joseph
Year of Publication: 
1967
Topic: 
Adultery
Childhood
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