
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
ISBN: 9781844086399
Number of pages: 352
Weight: 241 g
Dimensions: 196 x 124 x 28 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
Gripping and stylishly told. Post-war California, Oxford and London are recreated superbly and brightly . . . Grant comes close to creating the perfect novel -- Melissa Katsoulis * The Times *
My only complaint? I fear I may not read a better book all year -- Rosamund Urwin * Evening Standard *
Ambitious . . . Like the best novels, it makes you examine your own moral compass alongside that of its characters -- Viv Groskop * Observer *
'Compelling, perceptive and deeply humane' -- Michael Arditti * Daily Mail *
'Gripping and stylishly told. Post-war California, Oxford and London are recreated superbly and brightly . . . Grant comes close to creating the perfect novel' -- Melissa Katsoulis * The Times *
'My only complaint? I fear I may not read a better book all year' -- Rosamund Urwin * Evening Standard *
'Ambitious . . . Like the best novels, it makes you examine your own moral compass alongside that of its characters' -- Viv Groskop * Observer *
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