Book description
Chris is in his forties: bored, lonely, trapped in a loveless,
sexless marriage. He's a stranger to the 1970s youth culture of
London, a stranger to himself on the night he invites a prostitute
into his car.
Roza is Yugoslavian, recently moved to London. She's in her
twenties, but has already lived a life filled with danger,
misadventure, romance, and tragedy. And though she's not a prostitute,
when she's propositioned by Chris, she gets into his car anyway.
Over the next few months Roza tells Chris the stories of her past.
She's a fast-talking Scheherazade, saving her own life by telling it
to Chris. And he takes in her tales as if they were oxygen in an
otherwise airless world. But is Roza telling the truth? Does it even matter?
Louis de Bernières is the best-selling author of
Captain
Corelli's Mandolin
. His most recent novels are
Birds Without Wings and A Partisan's Daughter
.
