It is the late-1950s. In the newly renamed Directorate of Overseas Surveys, three young people's lives entwine: the stalwart, conventional John; the brilliant, flawed Laurence; and Helen, a young woman escaping her rural upbringing and hungry for adventure.
- ISBN10 0312267878
- ISBN13 9780312267872
- Publish Date 1 December 2000 (first published 13 May 1999)
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Out of Print 7 March 2013
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Picador USA
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 288
- Language English