The bestselling, Booker Prize-winning author of The Sense of an Ending delivers "fiction at its best" (The New York Times Book Review) in an unforgettable novel about two best friends and the beautiful woman who comes between them. First there's Stuart,...
Stuart and Gillian have just been married. Stuart's best friend Oliver has just fallen in love with Gillian. Things are about to get messy, and each of the involved parties wants to talk it over. A dazzling work of imagination--witty, playful, and honed to a razor-sharp emotional...
From the winner of the 2011 Man Booker Prize for Fiction comes a novel of profound insight and comic flare.
Shy, sensible banker Stuart has trouble with women; that is, until a fortuitous single night, where he meets Gillian, a picture restorer recovering from a destructive affair. The problem? The ostentatious Oliver also falls in love with quiet Gillian and wants to marry her...