by Beryl Bainbridge (Author)
Quiet and reliable, Douglas Ashburner has never been much of a womaniser. So when he begins an extra-marital affair with Nina, a bossy, temperamental artist with a penchant for risky sex, he finds adultery a terrible strain. He tells his wife that he needs a rest, so she happily packs him off for a fishing holiday in the Highlands. Only, unknown to her, Douglas is actually flying off to Moscow with Nina, as a guest of the Soviet Artists' Union. It is then that things begin to get very complicated indeed...
Format: Paperback
Pages: 191
Edition: Revised ed.
Publisher: Abacus
Published: 04 Dec 2003
ISBN 10: 0349116091
ISBN 13: 9780349116099
Book Overview: * An hilarious comedy of adultery. * 'Razor sharp ... Bainbridge takes special pleasure in human unpredictability. She shows that people are hardly ever what they appear' NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW