Book description
Jack Middleton, once 'England's most promising young composer' now
lives comfortably in Hampstead with his wife Milly, an heiress. Jack is
no longer young nor has he ever quite fulfilled his remarkable promise.
And then he visits Estonia, in search of inspiration, and falls for a
young waitress, Kaja. Six childless years on and Jack and Milly's
marriage shows the strain, but they battle on better than most - until
the past returns with a vengeance... Adam Thorpe was born in Paris in
1956. His first novel,
Ulverton
, was published in 1992, and he has written nine others - most recently
Flight
- two collections of stories and five books of poetry. His new
translation of Madame Bovary
has just been published by Vintage. He lives in France with his wife
and family.
