‘A sophisticated tale of seduction by sex, wealth and the desire to belong…As in her travel writing and short stories, Lee is a superior courier. Her eye is knowing, her writing lively.’ Lindsay Dugid, Sunday Times'The plot is simple but the elegance and sympathy with which Andrea Lee conveys emotions makes for a compelling read.' Daily Telegraph‘Italy is the perfect backdrop: stylish, impassioned and teeming with contradictions.’ Daily Mail‘Moody, atmospheric, fun.’ Time Out‘Lee writes movingly of that innocence, which once lost can never be recovered, of the price of betrayal and desire requited…beautifully measured with an eye for detail…characters resonate with intelligence and worldly sophistication in this haunting novel.’ Irish Independent‘Andrea Lee is a wise and graceful writer…[her] outsider status enables her to evoke so brilliantly what Henry James called the “international situation”. The novel is, at root, a love story and though it's one we've read many times before, such are Lee's powers of observation and her skill with language that its retelling is more than justified.’ Observer‘A painstaking inquiry into an adulterous love affair and its aftermath.’ GuardianPraise for Andrea Lee:‘Andrea Lee is the real thing. There is nothing more to say.’ Philip Roth
