Edward is throwing a dinner party with Binny , his mistress. Aware that she has long been denied those small intimacies that his wife takes for granted - choosing a birthday present for his sister, for example, or sorting his socks - he wants to give her a chance to feel more involved in his life, to socialise with some of his friends (the discreet ones). Things are a little awkward to begin with - a late start and him having to be away by half past ten - but everything seems to be going well. But then some uninvited, and reather forceful guests arrive, and it doesn't look like Edward is going to make it home on time.
- 'I found myself laughing till the tears ran down my cheeks … it is all horribly true to life … a most excellent book and no one should miss it' Auberon Waugh
- 'Painfully comical and well observed … the constant frissons of anxiety and embarassment make it all the funnier' SUNDAY TIMES
- 'Beryl Bainbridge is a genuine original, with a macabre imagination and a wonderful gift for catching tones of speech' NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS
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Published 02/10/2003
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