Freddy thinks he has committed matricide, and his fantasies - or perhaps realities - become stories which twist back through time to varying landscapes. He searches for a home, only to find it in an unexpected place. When able and allowed to return to the present, he can choose which tale to tell.
Read MoreA strong savour of ORLANDO about it- that is, of Woolf at her most flirtatious, bold and Colette-ish. - INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAYA wonderful feat... the descriptive writing, the sheer joy of words... - DAILY TELEGRAPHSome of the most voloptuous language since Joyce... so rich, so crammed with stories, imagination and visions. - DAILY MAILA wildly inventive exploration of the mother-daughter relationship, by the wonderful Michele Roberts. - Joanna Trollope