Book description
The first volume in the acclaimed Squire Quartet., available for the
first time on ebook.
Thomas C. Squire, popular presenter of television documentaries, one
time secret agent, a hedonist whose worldly success and self-confidence
overshadow the lives of his family and friends, faces a mid-life crisis
which undermines the stability of his ancient house. This brilliant and
sometimes violent novel moves from England to Sicily, Singapore and Jugoslavia.
Brian says: 'A complex and argumentative drama built about the axes of
Thomas Squire's attendance at an imaginary contemporary ARTS symposium
in Sicily, his extramarital and marital relationships, and his past as a
secret agent in Jugoslavia, a land caught between East and West.
Includes several humorous portraits of national types.'
First published in 1980 and unavailable for some time. 'A complex,
thoughtful and beguiling story by one of our best novelists' WILLIAM
BOYD Brian Aldiss, OBE, is a fiction and science fiction writer, poet,
playwright, critic, memoirist and artist. He was born in Norfolk in
1925. After leaving the army, Aldiss worked as a bookseller, which
provided the setting for his first book, The Brightfount Diaries (1955).
His first published science fiction work was the story 'Criminal
Record', which appeared in Science Fantasy in 1954. Since then he has
written nearly 100 books and over 300 short stories.
