Book Review
Feb. 26th, 2010 10:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kenjariGood Behaviour
by Molly Keane
This novel is about a landed gentry Anglo-Irish family at the beginning of the 20th century, as seen through the eyes of the daughter, Aroon. As she grows into adulthood, the family fortunes crumble, and the dark underside that lives beneath the family allegiance to maintaining "good behaviour" is revealed. It's a shame that the book comes off as quite dull for several stretches, because, as a whole, it's a wonderfully subtle and sharp piece of satire and irony. There's a lot of sly comedy in the way that Arron's adherence to and belief in good behaviour renders her blind and even deluded about what's really going on between the people around her.
by Molly Keane
This novel is about a landed gentry Anglo-Irish family at the beginning of the 20th century, as seen through the eyes of the daughter, Aroon. As she grows into adulthood, the family fortunes crumble, and the dark underside that lives beneath the family allegiance to maintaining "good behaviour" is revealed. It's a shame that the book comes off as quite dull for several stretches, because, as a whole, it's a wonderfully subtle and sharp piece of satire and irony. There's a lot of sly comedy in the way that Arron's adherence to and belief in good behaviour renders her blind and even deluded about what's really going on between the people around her.
