Antartica by Claire Keegan

Antartica by Claire KeeganFrom the author of the Booker shortlisted Small Things Like These. From the opening story about a married woman who takes a trip to the city with a single purpose in mind to sleep with another man Antarctica draws you into a world of obsession, betrayal and fragile relationships. In 'House Calls', Cordelia wakes on the last day ofthe twentieth century and sets off along the coast road to keep a date with her lover that has been nine years in the

Cyril is a misguided

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ironical observer and unveiler of passionate

Four friends

her passion for reason resonates through the years

As a psychotherapist

Emeritus Professor of English

Gladstone's protege

loyalty and betrayal

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From Elizabethan England to Jazz-Age Paris