Engleby Robert Goddard faces his own challenges

faces his own challenges

a French archaeologist

everything changes

and the emerging mecca of Hollywood intersect to spawn an enduring culture of celebrity

Engleby Robert Goddard faces his own challengesMike Engleby says things that others dare not even think. When the novel opens in the 1970s, he is a university student, having survived a 'traditional' school. A man devoid of scruple or self pity, Engleby provides a disarmingly frank account of English education. Yet beneath the disturbing surface of his observations lies an unfolding mystery of gripping power. One of his contemporaries unaccountably disappears, and as we follow Engleby's career,