The title story is an elegant elegy for a public school classics master with an obsession for the German 18th century scholar Wincklemann. The other stories testify to Raphael's experience as a writer living in Spain, France, Italy and Greece and to his love-hate relationship with the cinema.
- ISBN10 1857990641
- ISBN13 9781857990645
- Publish Date 3 July 1995 (first published 13 October 1994)
- Publish Status Cancelled
- Out of Print 4 November 2003
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Orion Publishing Co
- Imprint Weidenfeld & Nicolson History
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 224
- Language English