The 2nd novel from the author of }Book Of Clouds{, which won the Pirx du Premier Roman Etranger in France. Set in the National Gallery in London, and in Paris, it will appeal to fans of Paul Auster, Ali Smith and Haruki Murakami There also lingers the legacy of her great-grandfather Ted, the warder who slipped and fell moments before reaching the suffragette Mary Richardson as she took a blade to one of the gallery’s masterpieces on the eve of the First World War. After nine years there, Marie begins to feel the tug of restlessness.
