THE FINAL NOVEL IN "ONE OF THE MOST DISTINGUISHED LITERARY SERIES IN RECENT TIMES" (SUNDAY TELEGRAPH)

"Eclipses anything Bragg has written before"

Daily Mirror

"Utterly absorbing"

Scotsman

"A terrific book"

Daily Mail

"A powerful novel that communicates difficult emotional truths"

The Times

A passionate but ultimately tragic love affair starts when two students - one French, one English - meet at university at the beginning of the sixties. From its tentative early stages, the relationship develops into a life-changing one, whose profound impact continues to reverberate forty years later.