by Muriel Spark
First published 1996
Director Tom Richards is in the hospital, his ribs and hip fractured from a crane accident on set. As he recovers, his creative and personal lives unravel - his film project is rewritten, his children's marriages collapse, and everyone around him faces upheaval. Grappling with this displacement of reality, Tom realizes the line between dreams and waking life has become blurred. In this dizzying spiral, he must find his balance before the worlds collide.
Genres: fiction, drama, literary-fiction, suspense, contemporary, psychological-thriller
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: unreliable-narrator
Setting: England
160 pages · Hardcover · Constable