Stupefaction added a quote:
"Why didn't he say goodbye?
I gave myself a bruise.
Why didn't he say 'I love you'?" — Jonathan Safran Foer

Stupefaction read and liked Rosianna's review of Crome Yellow:

"My friend Celia is a huge Huxley fan, so some time ago I bought a copy of Crome Yellow but never really had an awful lot of time to read it. Last week, I dove in, and absolutely adore it. It's the Great Gatsby of the United Kingdom, a novel entrenche...more My friend Celia is a huge Huxley fan, so some time ago I bought a copy of Crome Yellow but never really had an awful lot of time to read it. Last week, I dove in, and absolutely adore it. It's the Great Gatsby of the United Kingdom, a novel entrenched in 1920s high society lifestyles, of dinner parties and estates. Huxley focuses most directly on Denis, a struggling poet who cannot quite grasp the art of writing something up to par, nor can he win the heart of the young lady he has fallen for.

What was most exceptional about this novel, to me at least, was the time Huxley dedicates to presenting each character and the care with which he does it. Henry Wimbush is perhaps my favourite of the lot, a man fascinated by tales of his ancestry, tales as often filled with disappointment and melancholy as with luck and prosperity, but above all, with a subtle humour that almost tickles.

I recommend this novel without hesitation and look forward to reading more of Huxley's work.(less) "