Book description
The Glanvilles are an extraordinary family. Edwin is a retired
bishop who has lost his faith. Marta, a child of the Warsaw Ghetto, is
a controversial anthropologist. Their son, Clement, is a celebrated
gay painter traumatised by the death of his twin. Their daughter,
Susannah, is a music publicist recovering from an affair with a
convicted murderer. Over three remarkable years, the family goes
through a sequence of events that causes it to reassess its deepest
values and closest relationships.
'Our best chronicler of the rewards and pitfalls of present day
faith.' - Philip Pullman
'A total page-turner.' - Kate Saunders,
Literary Review
'A powerful, hearfelt novel.' - Tim Teenan, The
Times
'His best to date...You could truly say all human life was
here.' - A. N. Wilson, Reader's Digest
'A writer with quite
exceptional gifts.' - Paul Burston, Time Out
Michael Arditti was born in Cheshire and lives in London. He is the
author of six highly acclaimed novels, The Celibate, Pagan and Her
Parents, Easter, Unity, A Sea of Change and The Enemy of the Good, and a
collection of short stories, Good Clean Fun.
