Synopsis
Presents an intimate, incisive portrait of a married, middle-aged American living in London and his mistress, a married Englishwoman, through a private, adulterous dialogue
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Review
" This swift, elegant, disturbing novel...stands at the extreme of contemporary fiction." -- "The New York Times Book Review"
" Deception is itself deceptive, as elegant and ingenious as anything in The Ghost Writer or The Prague Orgy." -- Hermione Lee, "New Repubic"
" A fiendishly clever piece of work...an amazing feat.... He's invented the purest speech, the most convincing cadences, of any American novelist." -- William Pritchard, "Hudson Review"
"This swift, elegant, disturbing novel...stands at the extreme of contemporary fiction." --"The New York Times Book Review"
"Deception is itself deceptive, as elegant and ingenious as anything in The Ghost Writer or The Prague Orgy." --Hermione Lee, "New Repubic"
"A fiendishly clever piece of work...an amazing feat.... He's invented the purest speech, the most convincing cadences, of any American novelist." --William Pritchard, "Hudson Review"
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'This swift, elegant, disturbing novel...stands at the extreme of contemporary fiction.' New York Times Book Review
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