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Compared with his first novel, Starting Point shows a marked improvement-its theme is more mature, its prose less fluttery. Its four central characters are Oxford roommates: Theodore, a small, plump, precocious, post-Huxleyan cynic; effeminate, peace-loving Henry; John, a shy, radical, brilliant science student; and Anthony, popular, versatile, idealistic son of a rich, liberal M. P. The time...