George Passant

George Passant is the first published of C. P. Snow's series of novels Strangers and Brothers, but the second according to the internal chronology. It was first published under the name Strangers and Brothers. It was published in the United Kingdom in 1940^[1] and in the U.S. in 1960.^[2]

George Passant

First edition (original title)
Author	C. P. Snow
Language	English
Series	Strangers and Brothers
Genre	Political fiction
Publisher	Macmillan Publishers
Publication date	December 1940
Publication place	United Kingdom
Media type	Print (Hardcover and Paperback)
Pages	320pp
ISBN	0-333-04721-4 (hardcover edition)
OCLC	12616695
Preceded by	Time of Hope (reading order)
Followed by	The Light and the Dark (published order) The Conscience of the Rich (reading order)

Plot synopsis

George Passant is a solicitor in a small English town, whose idealism and eccentricity lead him to accumulate a group of young followers in a mentor-like capacity. Narrated by Lewis Eliot, the novel has the more general background of Eliot's rising career and the changes in English society through the 20th century.

Reception

In a 1960 book review in Kirkus Reviews, the book was called a "slowly, closely pursued examination and rationale and an enlightened discussion of questions of conscience and conduct and commitment. And as such, if within a narrower margin, it is filled with the concerns which are so fundamentally and essentially a part of this writer's work and have attracted a firm following."^[2]