Death of a Commuter (1967)
“Beyond offering to drive the Bentley two or three times, offering Carolus a box of Montecristo cigars which his father had smuggled in on his last visit and unwisely left at home, and suggesting various stops for what he described as nips, top-ups or quickies, he did not interfere with Carolus’s thoughts. They reached the famous Dormitory town, ‘the most remarkable display of domestic architecture in England since the war,’ it had been called, at about noon.
“God, how grim can they get?” asked Priggley.
It was at once obvious from the houses built that income brackets and status symbols had not been forgotten by the planners. There were houses with fair-sized gardens and garages and young trees yearning to shield them from view, small houses in long well-disciplined rows with small gardens and garages and, in the majority, houses without garages and gardens intended only for vegetables. There had been self-conscious attempts to avoid monotony so that some roads of houses curved gently..., others were straight, some had rustic fences, some brick walls, some houses had little porches over their front doors, some were without.MoreLess
“God, how grim can they get?” asked Priggley.
It was at once obvious from the houses built that income brackets and status symbols had not been forgotten by the planners. There were houses with fair-sized gardens and garages and young trees yearning to shield them from view, small houses in long well-disciplined rows with small gardens and garages and, in the majority, houses without garages and gardens intended only for vegetables. There had been self-conscious attempts to avoid monotony so that some roads of houses curved gently..., others were straight, some had rustic fences, some brick walls, some houses had little porches over their front doors, some were without.MoreLess
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