Cassandra is an Oxford don; Julia, her sister, a bestselling novelist. They share a set of disturbing memories of a strange childhood game and of Simon, the handsome young neighbour who loved them both. Years later Simon re-enters their lives via a television programme on snakes and intrudes into their uneasy compromise of mutual antagonism and distrust. The old, wild emotions surge back, demanding and urgent, and this time the game is played out to a fatal finish.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 304
Edition: New ed
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 15 Oct 1992
ISBN 10: 0099998408
ISBN 13: 9780099998402
Book Overview: The bond between two sisters becomes strained when a mutual love from their past comes back into their lives.