The novel today stands around a humanistic concept of the world. The present book deals with the fiction of William Golding, John Wain, Kingsley Amis, Iris Murdoch, Doris Lessing and Angus Wilson who share an anxiety about man and his position in the world. The main focus in their novels is upon the consciousness of the characters who find themselves lonely in a hostile world. While the protagonists in their novels suffer, they make us aware of the essential ...
