Book description
In this acclaimed memoir from the award-winning author of Fragrant
Harbour, John Lanchester pieces together his family's past and
uncovers their extraordinary secrets - from his grandparents' life in
colonial Rhodesia to his mother's time as a nun - with clear-eyed compassion.
John Lanchester was born in Hamburg in 1962. He was brought up
in the Far East and educated in England. His three novels, The Debt to
Pleasure, Mr Phillips and Fragrant Harbour, have been translated into
more than twenty languages. He is married and lives in London.
