Time and time again
James Hilton (Author)
"Time and time again" is the story of a modest 20th century hero -- an ordinary man in the diplomatic service. Charles' life is retold in three long flashbacks, bookended and separated by brief interludes in present-day Paris where Charles is meeting his just-come-of-age son. The titles of the flashback sequences derive from spoken and unspoken thoughts going through Charles's mind during the Parisian scenes; these titles -- "nothing to complain of," "run of the mill," and "till it was all over" -- bespeak Charles' modesty and British reserve. The events described in the sequences give us the young Charles, the maturing Charles, and the post-war Charles, and are poignant and evocative
Print Book, English, 1953
Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1953