Henry Green- Nothing
books November 4th, 2010
Published in 1950
A light marriage farce in which characters call one another “monkey.” Great. The barely adult children of two former lovers (both now widowed) announce their engagement after a bit of sleuthing to make sure they aren’t actually half-siblings. The parents, who are still in love, do their passive aggressive best to keep the marriage from happening. Green was a master of a certain kind of British comedy—more Waugh than Wodehouse. Appropriately reissued by Dalkey Archive Press.