Lee Langley is the author of nine highly praised novels including Changes of Address (shortlisted for the Hawthornden Prize) and Persistent Rumours (winner of a Commonwealth Writers' prize). Her most recent book was A Conversation on the Quai Voltaire, a volume of short stories, poetry and journalism. Her adaptation 'The Tenth Man', based on a Graham Greene story, was made into an award-winning movie starring Anthony Hopkins and Derek Jacobi. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and lives in London.
A lovely novel... fragile and beautiful and so finely wrought -- Ruth Padel Lee Langley's big, ambitious new novel is a riveting read... and a deeply moving human story -- Deborah Moggach Beautifully written and vividly imagined, this is an impressive achievement -- Jessica Mann * Literary Review * A compelling portrait of a man in search of his lost self -- Nick Rennison * Sunday Times * Langley's detailed descriptions of war blaze with brilliance -- Arifa Akbar * Independent *