I love Edward Upward, particularly the Spiral Ascent trilogy which is like a mini Dance to the Music of Time but with fretful middle class communists instead of the poshos. (Love ADttMoT also, fwiw).
The most recent of his books I read was The Scenic Railway from the late 90s(?)- I enjoyed that too, though I recall noticing the emergence of gerontophilia as something covered in his later stories!
― Tim, Monday, 29 April 2024 11:21 (two weeks ago) link