I love Elizabeth Taylor’s books usually. MRS PALFREY AT THE CLAREMONT was one of my favourite books of recent years. So I was surprised to find that this one just sucked. I need to google it and find out: was it maybe her first book? Or her last? Or perhaps I just didn’t like the subject matter? It was a rather bleak story about a community in a fading seaside town. Lots of moaning about how the ‘funfair doesn’t come anymore’. I mean JUST LEAVE THEN GOOD GOD. Other people be parading half-way round the world I think you can get off your asses and go to Milton Keyes. The other annoyance was that one major strand was about a couple having a very dramatic affair. JUST GET DIVORCED FOR GOD’S SAKE IF YOU’RE THAT UNHAPPY.
A VIEW OF THE HARBOUR by Elizabeth Taylor
