GUILTY (PETER OWEN) (PB)

Mark’s father returns from the war. In spite of being garlanded as a hero, he declares himself a pacifist and is immediately reviled. Some time later, Mark is forced into exile and meets Mr Spector, a mysterious figure who oversees his schooling, his employment and even his accommodation. When he tries to break away to pursue the beautiful Carla, his life begins to unravel. Thwarted at every turn by a Kafkaesque bureaucracy, Mark falls prey to the insecurities of his guilt-ridden mind.