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Book Synopsis''This swift, elegant, disturbing novel...stands at the extreme of contemporary fiction'' New York Times Book Review
He is a middle-aged American writer called Philip; she is an articulate, well-educated Englishwoman trapped in a loveless and humiliating marriage. In Philip''s London studio, this play of voices - sharp, tender and inquiring - reveals both their past lives with startling clarity. Deception is fiendishly clever, as it dances with the conventions of the novel, and redefines the boundaries between fiction and reality.
Trade ReviewThis swift, elegant, disturbing novel...stands at the extreme of contemporary fiction * New York Times Book Review *
Deception is itself deceptive, as elegant and ingenious as anything in
The Ghost Writer or
The Prague Orgy * New Republic *
Lively, shiny, glazed with wit -- James Wood * Guardian *
An amazing feast... He's invented the purest speech, the most convincing cadences, of any American novelist * Hudson Review *
A fiendishly clever piece of work...an amazing feat... He's invented the purest speech, the most convincing cadences, of any American novelist * Hudson Review *
