Newton chews the scenery more than usual- a rare feat. I've a feEling Cronin's novel was inspired by an earlier book, The House with Green Shutters. Leaving this aside-I'd like to have sent Brodie a copy of Alice in Wonderland. A total bastard with no virtue other than courage I suspect that the cRowd at his funeral just wanted to make sure he was dead. But surely he'd have had servants just to keep up pretensions?
Review of A.J. Cronin's Hatter's Castle
