A mesmerizing novel of deception and betrayal from the acclaimed
author of Wartime Lies""and About Schmidt."
"John North, a prize-winning American writer, is suddenly beset by
dark suspicions about the real value of his work. Over endless
hours and bottles of whiskey consumed in a mysterious cafe called
L'Entre Deux Mondes, he recounts, in counterpoint to his doubts,
the one story he has never told before, perhaps the only important
one he will ever tell. North's chosen interlocutor-who could be his
doppelganger-is transfixed by the revelations and becomes the
narrator of North's tale.
North has always been faithful to his wife, Lydia, but when one of
his novels achieves a special success, he allows himself a
dalliance with Lea, a starstruck young journalist. Coolly planning
to make sure that his life with Lydia will not be disturbed, North
is taken off guard when Lea becomes obsessed with him and he with
her elaborate erotic games. As the hypnotic and serpentine
confession unfurls, we gradually discover the extraordinary lengths
to which North has gone to indulge a powerful desire for
self-destruction.
Shipwreck is a daring parable of the contradictory impulses that
can rend a single soul-narcissism and self-loathing, refinement and
lust.
"From the Hardcover edition."
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