At the heart of Anita Brookner's new novel lies a double mystery: What has happened to Anna Durrant, a solitary woman of a certain age who has disappeared from her London flat? And why has it taken four months for anyone to notice?
As Brookner reconstructs Anna's life and character through the eyes of her acquaintances, she gives us a witty yet ultimately devastating study of self-annihilating virtue while exposing the social, fiscal, and moral frauds that are the underpinnings of terrifying rectitude.
- ISBN10 0517153785
- ISBN13 9780517153789
- Publish Date 21 June 1995 (first published 27 August 1992)
- Publish Status Remaindered
- Imprint Random House Value Publishing
- Format Hardcover
- Language English