The Infernal Grove opens with the author in Geneva preparing a survey, the purpose of which then escaped him. Thence, back to India as assistant editor of the Calcutta Statesman. Next, home to England, working on the Evening Standard and living in rural Sussex on a base income of five pounds a week. These 'happiest years' of his life ended with the coming of World War II, the events of which provide the focus of this book. Unabridged. Read by Frederick Davidson. 9 cassettes.