I found an old edition of this book (which I loved so much as a teenager I stole it from the school library 
) and was enjoying rereading it, until Victorian Norman (one of the central characters) makes a throwaway comment about the Jews being the only race in history 'to go so passively to the slaughter'.
I realise it was intended to reflect the character's flaws but I suddenly lost interest in reading further. I just immediately lost the will to invest further in it. This doesn't usually happen when I read a character I find repugnant in some way....perhaps I had overlooked that aspect so completely as a teen that it's presence suddenly alienated me.
But I'm curious as to what happens. I can't remember! Bainbridge usually has something macabre occurring.
Can anyone enlighten me as to the ending? I still want to know, I just can't summon the enthusiasm for the read.
Thanks!
(Would be interested to hear about other books which were beloved to your teen self, later to be rejected...!)