''The Ice Age'' is a 1977 novel by British novelist
Margaret Drabble
Dame Margaret Drabble, Lady Holroyd, (born 5 June 1939) is an English biographer, novelist and short story writer.
Drabble's books include '' The Millstone'' (1965), which won the following year's John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize, and ''Jer ...
. The novel follows the experiences of former
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producer Anthony Keating as he experiences the ups and downs of life during the 1960s and 1970s.
Depicting the
property crisis in Britain during that period, novel diverges from her earlier psychological studies of individuals, focusing more on the "state of England".
Development
Drabble's inspiration was from reading newspapers, and reflecting on the extensive "economic analysis in the paper
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declining Britain", something she didn't see reflected in fiction.
Reception
''Kirkus Reviews'' was generally critical of the novel, writing that "Drabble's rich textures and great sympathy muffle the political echoes
..her characters are too much alike ever really to clash".
References
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1977 British novels
Novels by Margaret Drabble
Weidenfeld & Nicolson books