The Acceptance World by Anthony Powell, Random House, $31.95.
Nick is a young man beginning to make his way in the world. The book’s opening – a meeting with his bachelor uncle in a dingy, deserted hotel in the presence of a mysterious female clairvoyant – is unforgettable.
This is the third in a series of 12 novels titled A Dance To The Music Of Time. The books follow Nick and a group of friends from his English school days through to middle age. Happily, I still have nine books of the Dance to go!