Tomorrow In The Battle Think On Me

Javier Marías

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The first sentence of this is: "No one ever expects that they might some day find themselves with a dead woman in their arms, a woman whose face they will never see again, but whose name they will remember."  This is what happened to Victor, and the while the woman's son was asleep in his room.  The entire book is a development of this dramatic opening, as Victor analyses what has occurred and wonders what to do.  As with A Heart So White pbk £6.99, the way in which Marias suspends an elaborate novel from a simple premise is brilliant, and the labyrinthine prose is a joy. - review by John de Falbe

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