A God and His Gifts Author:Ivy Compton-Burnett Set in the claustrophobic world of Edwardian upper-class family life, this the story of the self-willed and arrogant Hereward Egerton. In his marriage to Ada Merton he maintains a veneer of respectability but through his intimate relationships with his sister, Emmeline, and his son's future wife, Hetty, he steps beyond the bounds of conventi... more »onal morality with both comic and tragic results.« less