Read, Piers Paul
Read, Piers Paul ( 1941 – ),novelist, son of Sir H. Read , educated at Ampleforth and St John's College, Cambridge. His novels, which combine the psychological thriller and strong narrative with political questioning, a well-travelled eye, Catholic apologia, and sharp analysis of the English class structure, include Game in Heaven with Tussy Marx ( 1966 ), The Junkers ( 1968 , set in Germany), Monk Dawson, ( 1969 , the story of a defecting monk), and The Professor's Daughter ( 1971 , set in America, as a wealthy liberal Harvard academic becomes fatally involved in student revolt at the time of Vietnam). The Upstart ( 1973 ) is the story of Hilary Fletcher, son of a parson, who turns to crime and pursues a protracted revenge upon the aristocratic Yorkshire family which had humiliated him socially in his youth. Later works range widely, taking in settings in the Soviet Union (The...
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