Pomp and Circumstance Ray Celestin the Traveller must resolve the

the Traveller must resolve the paradoxes building around him in a dazzling temporal journey of discovery

to set their son on the altar of sacrifice

lies and the damages of war

each of them badly wounded

and must live with the moral consequences of his actions

Pomp and Circumstance Ray Celestin the Traveller must resolve theFirst published in 1960, Pomp and Circumstance, Coward's only novel, was greeted with wide critical acclaim. 'A South Sea Bubble of a book it is, with a Royal Visit expected on the Island of Samolo, and the narrator, a mother of three, dealing with everything from chicken pox to the amours of a visiting Duchess' (Daily Telegraph); 'If there is anywhere on earth where the old Coward world still credibly lingers on, it is probably a fairly peaceful