Description

Booker Prize-winner Anita Brookner catches the level and wonder of actual life with this specific tale of a regular guy whose unforeseen uncertainties, longings, and worries are universal. Paul Sturgis is reconciled to his bachelorhood and the quietude of his London flat. He periodically gives obliging appointments to his closest living relative, Helena, his cousin’s widow. To prevent needing to ignore her Christmas request, John sparks for a vacation in Venice where he meets Mrs. Vicky Gardner, an interesting lady in the middle of the breakup.