The Coast of Utopia by Tom Stoppard.
Tom Stoppard follows a circle of nineteenth-century Russian thinkers through revolution, exile, friendship and loss. Across three plays, political ideals are tested by the lives they promise to transform.
The tension between conviction and consequence makes this a rich book for discussion. What survives when an elegant theory encounters grief, compromise and the stubborn particularity of another person?
The Coast of Utopia Trilogy by Tom Stoppard. Faber Plays paperback, ISBN 9780571220175. Cover image supplied by Allen & Unwin.
