This novel about a recently widowed art historian’s retreat to a seaside resort he visited as a child would be worth reading for the beauty of its language and descriptions of the changeable northern seascape alone. Booker Prize winner, 2005.
“Just follow.” He took off, pushing the larger ferns from his face. There were two paths to choose from, both…
“In journalism, immediacy is a valuable commodity. The journalist doesn’t want facts to become clouded by reflection. But literary…
“From the day Jane walked out our front door — taking everything of value she could stuff in her car,…
