Against the backdrop of World War II The World in the Evening charts theemotional development of Stephen Monk an aimless Englishman living inCalifornia. After h... » 

Against the backdrop of World War II The World in the Evening charts theemotional development of Stephen Monk an aimless Englishman living inCalifornia. After his second marriage suddenly ends Stephen finds himselfliving with a relative in a small Pennsylvania Quaker town haunted by memoriesof his prewar affair with a younger man during a visit to the Canary Islands.The world traveler comes to a gradual understanding of himself and of his newlyadopted homeland.When first published in 1953 The World in the Evening was notable for itscleareyed depiction of European and American mores sexuality and religion.Today readers herald Isherwoods frank portrayal of bisexuality and his earlyappreciation of low and high camp. «