This is an amazingly rich and sophisticated psychological thriller, and as usual with George, much more than that, a tragic 'document humain' portraying all too human personalities and all too familiar issues in the human condition, intricately woven and brought to a logically satisfying, if most surprising, denouement. George is never judgemental but invariably gives her characters the benefit of the doubt, and then sits back and lets them ruin themselves. Dense and rewarding read.
(Kathie Somerwil Ayrton - bwl 37 December 2006 ) |
