''The most subtle and gifted writer in contemporary Spanish literature'' Boston Globe
''No one else, anywhere, is writing quite like this'' Daily Telegraph
A thrilling new literary offering from the acclaimed author of The Infatuations and A Heart So White
''For a while, she wasn''t sure that her husband was her husband. Sometimes she thought he was, and sometimes not...''
Berta Isla and Tom-Nevinson meet in Madrid. Young and in love, they quickly decide to spend their lives together - never suspecting that they will grow to be total strangers, both living under the shadow of disappearances.
Tom- half-Spanish and half-English, has an extraordinary gift for languages and accents. Leaving Berta to study at Oxford, he catches the interest of a certain government agency, and its mysterious agent, Bertram Tupra. Tom-is determined to evade the agent''s attentions but his fate is sealed by an escalating series of
