One May evening in London, Adam Kindred, a young climatologist in town for a job interview, is feeling good about the future as he sits down for a meal at a little Italian bistro. He strikes up a conversation with a solitary diner at the next table, who leaves soon afterward...
"William Boyd seems singularly blessed with both an innate love of storytelling and the talent to render those stories in swift, confident prose." -- The New York Times From William Boyd, award-winning author of Brazzaville Beach and Restless , comes a stunning literary mystery...