Ever After

A subtle book that lingers in the mind ...Here is a writer of very considerable power' Daily Telegraph An academic sits alone in his college room thinking about the people he has lost. Powerful memories crowd in on him -- childhood days in Paris; his exuberant, glamorous mother; his mysterious father; and the brash young American who becomes his step-father. Mingled with this emerges a tender portrait of his relationship with his actress wife. Ever After is a poignant elegy to lost faith and lost hope. It is also a powerful affirmation of love. 'Touching and beguiling ...Graham Swift has written a deeply felt and rather haunting novel' Anita Brookner, Spectator 'Swift is set apart by his acute observation and thrilling exactness of description ...Exceptional' The Times 'A remarkable feat' Evening Standard 'Graham Swift has performed a literary tour de force in this novel' Literary Review