Past Imperfect (novel)

Past Imperfect
AuthorJulian Fellowes
LanguageEnglish
GenreNovel
Publication date
2008
Publication placeUnited Kingdom

Past Imperfect is a novel by Julian Fellowes, published in the UK in 2008.[1] The main character, Damian, is trying to find out if he has fathered a son who he can leave his vast fortune to when he imminently dies.

Reception

Kate Kellaway, writing for The Guardian, says "the book could not have been published at a less sympathetic moment" and that the book "is without moral reach and, more fatally still, lacks wit. Instead, there is lots of crude, misogynistic imagery."[2] In The Independent, Raffaella Barker proclaims: "This is a book for a hot winter beach, an escape from life as we know it. Fellowes does us a huge favour in chronicling the world of class-bound aristocrats and their arcane snobbery."[3]

References

  1. ^ "Julian Fellowes". Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 16 July 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Class is in the eye of the beholder | Fiction". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Past Imperfect, By Julian Fellowes". The Independent. 16 November 2008. Retrieved 24 February 2023.