Outside the House of Baal

Spanning the twentieth century, Outside the House of Baal is the story of the conflict between public duty and personal love. In the course of a day J.T. Miles looks back over his life, a "Good Man" confronted by the choices of living. He is forced to contemplate the modern world (of which he feels no part) and his betrayal of his Welsh-speaking heritage; the unsuitability of his marriage and his relationship with the woman who now shares his house; his self-defined mission to bring about social change and his own inability to pass on love. It has been a life of drama, and defeat; a life which mirrors the fate of his country in the twentieth century. This classic novel has been completely revised for this edition, which includes an introduction by the author, and notes on the text.