A Clean Slate

Author: David Garnett
Binding: Hardback
Published: Hamish Hamilton, London, 1971

Condition:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: No markings

A Clean Slate presents a sharp, satirical novel of postwar British society, charting the life of a man who attempts to reinvent himself by erasing his past. Garnett constructs a narrative of identity, deception, and moral ambiguity, as the protagonist abandons his former self and manipulates his way into a new existence. The novel interrogates the fragility of social constructs and the ease with which personal history can be rewritten when memory and accountability are discarded. Garnetts prose commands attention with its precision and wit, driving a narrative that critiques class pretensions and the superficiality of reinvention.