The time is 1963. The locations are an English provincial town and London. Lewis Eliot agrees to help his old friend, the lawyer George Passant, with a murder trial. Two lesbians are charged with torturing and killing an eight-year-old boy. As the trial progresses, C.P. Snow brings alive all of the characters caught up in the tragedy.
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| Title: The Sleep of Reason |
| Author: C. P. Snow |
| ISBN: 9780140000000 |
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| Genre: Anti-queer; Crime; Fiction |
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| Publication Date: 25870 |
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| Publisher: Penguin Books |
| Language: English |
| Format: Paperback |
| Pages: 438 |
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| Notes: Book 10 in the Strangers and Brothers series; first published 1968. Loosely inspired by the Moors murders; the lesbian characters are the murderers. |
| Book_ID: 118644 |