Author: | Louis Begley | ISBN: | 9780307775948 |
Publisher: | Random House Publishing Group | Publication: | December 15, 2010 |
Imprint: | Ballantine Books | Language: | English |
Author: | Louis Begley |
ISBN: | 9780307775948 |
Publisher: | Random House Publishing Group |
Publication: | December 15, 2010 |
Imprint: | Ballantine Books |
Language: | English |
"[A] perfectly constructed novel.... The time is 1974, and Max, who is fleeing from the wreckage of his first marriage, is a summer-house guest on Lake Como, where he encounters the two characters who will shape his life over the next 20 years: Charlie Swan, a Harvard classmate from the 1950s turned famous architect...and Toby, a poised and polymorphous teenager who is soon to become Charlie's protege and lover." --Time
BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from Louis Begley's Memories of a Marriage.
"[A] perfectly constructed novel.... The time is 1974, and Max, who is fleeing from the wreckage of his first marriage, is a summer-house guest on Lake Como, where he encounters the two characters who will shape his life over the next 20 years: Charlie Swan, a Harvard classmate from the 1950s turned famous architect...and Toby, a poised and polymorphous teenager who is soon to become Charlie's protege and lover." --Time
BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from Louis Begley's Memories of a Marriage.