Three Men in New Suits

This J.B. Priestley postwar novel follows three recently demobilized soldiers on their return home: one a member of the gentry, one a son of a successful farmer, and the third a quarry worker. Priestley maps out a structure of three alternating chapters on each of the men, bookended by an introduction and conclusion in which the three are together. It is a straightforward polemic, without much plot or characterization to speak of, in which the author lays out the confusions of postwar Britain and suggests an answer in a society that is less selfish.