Allen Pasztory, the hearing son of two deaf parents, struggles for a sense of self and family with a view to his Hungarian immigrant heritage, chronic illness, his lover Jeremy, Jeremy's son Toby, and his own nephew, Kit.
- ISBN10 0571198600
- ISBN13 9780571198603
- Publish Date 1 April 2000 (first published 20 February 1998)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 14 July 2011
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Faber & Faber
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 364
- Language English