The eighth in a sequence of novels collectively titled A Dance to the Music of Time. More than 300 characters are choreographed over a period of 70 years, starting with A Question of Upbringing.
- ISBN10 0434599115
- ISBN13 9780434599110
- Publish Date 31 January 1986 (first published September 1968)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 6 February 1997
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Cornerstone
- Imprint William Heinemann Ltd
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 240
- Language English