This is the greatest love story of our age. Incomparable' OBSERVER 'A beautiful testament of love' IRISH TIMES 'A brave and poignant of a very English marriage' TIMES 'A unique glimpse into the alchemy of marriage ... a work of art' Victoria Glendinning, THE DAILY TELEGRAPH 'Love has everything and nothing to do with it. John Bayley has set the gold standard for a debased currency; changed the meaning of the word' GUARDIAN 'Exquisite ... an extraordinary love story' SUNDAY TIMES

John Bayley is the author of ALICE, THE QUEER CAPTAIN, GEORGE'S LAIR and THE RED HAT. He was Warton Professor of English at the University of Oxford and is a fellow of St Catherine's College.