George is heartbroken after the death of his lover.

An English professor in suburban California, George must now adjust to a tragic new solitude in the sun. Beneath George's rigid British restraint, waves of sorrow and fury surge. He doggedly persists with the routines of his past life, heading out to work, to the gym, on again to dinner. Yet along the way, George rediscovers the unexpected pleasures of life and the soul's ability to triumph over loneliness and alienation. This short, poignant novel is a tender and wistful love story.

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY TOM FORD

'Lyrical and intensely moving' Daily Telegraph

'Widely recognised as his supreme achievement . . . a work of compressed brilliance' Guardian

'A virtuoso piece of work . . . powerful' Sunday Time