First published in 1935, is Herbert Read's only novel. But if he had written nothing else, this one inspired book would insure his fame. It is a utopian novel, a unique blend of reality and fantasy which moves from the E...First published in 1935, is Herbert Read's only novel. But if he had written nothing else, this one inspired book would insure his fame. It is a utopian novel, a unique blend of reality and fantasy which moves from the English countryside to the south American pampas and then to a mysterious and eternal underground of caves.