Coming up for air

Description:

Years in insurance and marriage to the joyless Hilda have been no more than death in life to George Bowling. This and fear of another war take his mind back to the peace of his childhood in a small country town. But his return journey to Lower Binfield brings complete disillusionment.

subjects: Married people,  Insurance agents,  Fiction,  Suburban life,  Middle-aged men,  Classic Literature,  British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author),  English literature,  Social life and customs,  Manners and customs

Places: England

Times: 1930's