Phineas Redux – Anthony Trollope

A return to the main thread of the Palliser series after the detour provided by The Eustace Diamonds, this takes us back to the lobbies of Westminster and the drawing rooms of the West End (plus the inevitable hunting scene). There are actually some momentous events that take us all the way back to the Barchester books.

I was irritated that the unexpected turn towards melodrama a god 400 pages in was given away on the blurb (cheers, Penguin), but of course the pleasures of a good Trollope are many and various.