Peter Binney: A Novel

"Peter Binney: A Novel" by Archibald Marshall is a story about Peter Binney, a 45-year-old poultry food maker, who surprises everyone, including his son Lucius, by deciding to go to Cambridge University as an undergraduate student. The story looks at what happens when a middle-aged man tries to achieve his ambitions, how it affects his family connections, and the contrast between Peter's older responsibilities and the dreams of youth. At the beginning, Peter decides to change his life while on a bus and plans to ask Mrs. Higginbotham to be his girlfriend, while also planning to join his son at Cambridge. The start of the novel shows Peter's strange personality and his eagerness to experience his youth all over again through school, but Lucius worries about what people will think of his dad being at the university. The funny relationship between Peter and Lucius grows as they deal with their tricky relationship at the famous university.