(This story takes a man from the age of 19 into his middle age, depicting a series of sharply focused images of his life. It is a novel about growing older, about memory and how it alters and about betrayal in its many forms. By the author of A Parish of Rich Women, which won four literary prizes)
James Buchan is a Scottish novelist and historian who writes on aspects of the Scottish Enlightenment. His books have been translated into more than a dozen languages.
Started to read on the bus, it's a very thin book, but I was captivated by the fact he is talking about being in Iran and loving going to Junk shops! Shall read on.......