Title: Too Late The Phalarope
Author: Alan Paton
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons
Format: Hard Cover w/Jacket
Publication Year: 1953
Pages: 276
Special Attributes: Book Of The Month Club Selection
Used Condition: tight binding, clean text, no marks, not ex-library, minor foxing to top edge, edge worn dust jacket protected in new archival Brodart cover
Industry reviews
"Mr. Paton, to put it mildly, is not a dangerous revolutionary; nor, to put it as simply and respectfully as possible, is he a writer of great originality....He is a writer who, with the utmost seriousness and sureness of feeling, is likely to appeal to a large audience precisely because he brings to the discussion of certain social problems a patient awareness and sympathy that more powerful writers no longer share. With his delicacy, knowledge and tact he can bring out the human values inherent in a social situation, and thus force the subject on our attention. What he cannot do is to perplex and awaken us to more than is immediately given by the situation itself. The humanity of his work and the limitations of his fiction are clearly marked in 'Too Late the Phalarope'." New York Times Book Review - Alfred Kazin (08/23/1953)
"The story is basically that of a well loved white police lieutenant who in his need turns to a native girl. He is betrayed, reported and thus brings shame on himself and his family. The narrator of the story is an aunt who fills in the entire picture of family pride, righteous disdain, unbending adherence to an imposed restriction, and the falsity of many basic customs in parts of South Africa." Kazin
