The Undertaking Hamish Hamilton One drowsy summer's day in

One drowsy summer's day in 1984

This is not the work of a normal murderer

The Middle Ground is a brilliant and witty novel about communication across the barriers of sex

familiar song heard on the car radio late at night

Summer is coming to a close on Long Island

The Undertaking Hamish Hamilton One drowsy summer's day inA soldier on the Russian Front marries a photograph of a woman he has never met. Hundreds of miles away in Berlin, the woman marries a photograph of the soldier. It is a contract of business rather than love. When the newlywed strangers finally meet, however, passion blossoms and they begin to imagine a life together under the bright promise of Nazi Germany. But as the tide of war turns and Allied enemies come ever closer, the couple find themselves