Daunt Books

Booker winner from Penelope Lively, this novel opens as a beautiful writer, Claudia Hampton lies dying in hospital. She decides to tell the story of her life through memories, flash backs and a cacophony of different voices from her past. The story swirls and collects around her time as a war correspondent in the Egyptian desert and her affair with Tom, a British tank officer and the love of her life. This is a delicate, tragic novel about love and loss.

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