The Sleep of Reason (Snow novel)

The Sleep of Reason is the tenth book in C. P. Snow's Strangers and Brothers series.

The Sleep of Reason

First edition
Author	C. P. Snow
Language	English
Series	Strangers and Brothers
Publisher	Macmillan
Publication date	1968
Publication place	United Kingdom
Media type	Print
Preceded by	Corridors of Power
Followed by	Last Things

Plot synopsis

Lewis Eliot returns to his home town during the trial of two young women for murder. Eliot and his generation strive to understand the society of the 1960s.

Reception

In a 1968 book review in Kirkus Reviews summarised the book as: "Snow's approach is as massively ceremonious as ever. Each character is introduced by an organ chord of commentary: thoughts are as long as life; characters from other books are prodded into being. But there is a certain dogged majesty in this far exit as Snow lumbers down the halls of power."^[1]