Caroline's Bikini (Paperback, Export - Airside ed)

'Alright' I said, 'I'll try...' This is how Emily Stuart opens her intricate tale of a classic love affair that becomes Caroline's Bikini: a swirling cocktail of infatuation, obsession, and imagination. The moment that Emily's friend Evan Gordonstone - a successful middle-aged financier - meets Caroline Beresford - a glamorous former horsewoman, and now housewife, hostess, and landlady - there is a 'PING!' At least, that's how Evan describes it to Emily when he persuades her to record his story: the story of falling into unrequited love, which is as old as Western literature itself. Thus begins a hypnotic series of conversations set against the beguiling backdrop of West London's bars, fuelled in intensity by endless G&Ts and Q&As. From the depths of mid-winter to July's hot swelter, Emily's narration of Evan's passion for Caroline will take him to the brink of his own destruction. Written in a voice so playful, so charismatic, and so thoughtfully aware of the responsibilities of fiction it can only be by Kirsty Gunn, Caroline's Bikini is a swooning portrait of courtly love - in a modern world not celebrated for its restraint and abstraction. Ready. Steady. Go!

General

Imprint:	Faber and Faber
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	June 2018
Authors:	Kirsty Gunn
Dimensions:	234 x 153 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	352
Edition:	Export - Airside ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-571-33933-4
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction
LSN:	0-571-33933-6
Barcode:	9780571339334

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