Past Imperfect (novel)

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.

Past Imperfect
AuthorJulian Fellowes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
GenreNovel

Reception edit

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 edit

  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.