1895 The Affair, by C. P. Snow (read 24 Dec 1984) This is the eighth in the 11-volume series and is the best yet therein. It tells of scientific fraud as a result of which a Fellow has been deprived of his Fellowship. The victim is Howard: as obnoxious a person as one could want to know. Lewis Eliot--no longer a Fellow (this novel covers 1953 and 1954)--undertakes the seeking-out of justice for him. The story is really masterfully crafted, with an excellent outcome after appropriate suspense. It is easily the best of the series so far. There are neat examples of humor, and instances of deft phrasing galore, e.g.: "Winslow inclined his head. Crawford then asked Brown if he agreed, as though Brown's vote had had so more effect on his, Crawford's, action, than if it had been a love poem in Portuguese." Snow uses words I don't know, and they are not found in the dictionary I have here at home: sadic, surgent. ( )