The Post Birthday World

Does the course of life hinge on a single kiss Whether the American expatriate Irena McGovern does or doesn t lean into a certain pair of lips in London will determine whether she stays with her smart disciplined intellectual American partner Lawrence or runs off with Ramsey a wild exuberant British snooker star the couple has known for years Employing a parallel universe structure Shriver follows Irena s life as it unfolds under the influence of two drastically different men In a tour de force that remarkably has no villains Shriver explores the implications both large and small of our choice of mate a subject of timeless universal fascination for both sexes Tanıtım Bülteninden