Agents and patients

Powell, Anthony, 1905-20002015

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Unsavory artists, titled boobs, and charlatans with an affinity for Freud - such are the oddballs whose antics animate the early novels of Anthony Powell. More explorations of relationships and vanity than plot-driven narratives, these slim novels reveal the early stirrings of the unequaled style, ear for dialogue, and eye for irony that would reach their caustic peak in Powell's epic 'A Dance to the Music of Time'. In 'Agents and Patients', we return to London with the newly wealthy, memorably named Blore-Smith: an innocent, decent enough chap - and a drip. Vulnerable to the machinations of those with less money and more lust, Blore-Smith falls victim to two con artists whose ploys carry him through to the art galleries and whorehouses of Paris, Berlin, and beyond.