WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY MONICA ALI
'One of the most true and moving novels of my time, in anybody's language' - William Faulkner
The love affair between Maurice Bendrix and Sarah, flourishing in the turbulent times of the London Blitz, ends when she suddenly and without explanation breaks it off. After a chance meeting rekindles his love and jealousy two years later, Bendrix hires a private detective to follow Sarah, and slowly his love for her turns into an obsession.
Singularly beautiful and moving -- Evelyn Waugh
One of the most true and moving novels of my time, in anybody's language ― William Faulkner
In a class by himself...the ultimate chronicler of twentieth-century man's consciousness and anxiety -- William Golding
Devastating study of the collision of different kinds of faith, betrayal and commitment ― The Times
Greene's novel of illicit love captures perfectly the atmosphere of rainy wartime London - try to read this in one sitting if you can ― Express
