The first lines of the book hint at drama As their intimate lives are revealed, this facade is peeled away to reveal some of the nastiest aspects of human behaviour.įrom the cover of my rather well thumbed copy (below), I could have been forgiven for thinking Peyton Place was pulp fiction. It seems an idyllic sort of place with an orderly main street and a host of respectable-seeming residents. Peyton Place is a fictional New England town ‘book-ended’ by two churches of different Christan denominations. It was also made into a film not long after the book was published in 1957 which I need to get my hands on! I think it must be a generational thing, because although I had never heard of it,my Dad mentioned that there was a TV series of the same name which was popular in the 1960’s. Peyton Place (although recently re-printed with this lovely cover by Virago Books), was actually published way back in 1956. I would never have even thought of reading this book if it hadn’t been for Simon of Savidge Reads, who having heard great things about it, suggested we read it together for a bit of a rogue book read while on our woodland weekend away.
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