'A page-turning melodrama and a fascinating portrait of London on the verge of great change' Guardian
It is 1922, and in a hushed south London villa life is about to be transformed, as genteel widow Mrs Wray and her discontented daughter Frances are obliged to take in lodgers. Lilian and Leonard Barber, a modern young couple of the 'clerk class', bring with them gramophone music, colour, fun - and dangerous desires. The most ordinary of lives, it seems, can explode into passion and drama... A love story that is also a crime story, this is vintage Sarah Waters.
'Another wild ride of a novel... magnetic storytelling' Tracy Chevalier, Observer
'You will be hooked within a page' Charlotte Mendelson, Financial Times
'Sumptuous... the writing is impeccable. A joy in every respect' New Statesman
'An unsurpassed fictional recorder of vanished eras and hidden lives' Sunday Times
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- Authors:
- Waters, Sarah
- Year Published:
- 2024
- Country of Publication:
- United Kingdom
- Format:
- Paperback
- ISBN:
- 9780349018539
- Number of Pages:
- 608
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Publication Date:
- 08/08/2024
- Publisher:
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Language:
- English
- SKU:
- 9780349018539