<p>In a world where we present our diverse selves through social media, chatbots and messaging, this dark novel listens in on intimate secrets, desires and adultery.</p><p>This novel-within-a-novel...

<p><strong>Variations and fugue on the theme of obsession</strong></p><p>Vesna Main disturbs our self-image as educated, reasonable and ironic people who read modernist fiction....

Claire Meadows, 92, is lying in bed on a Sunday morning, looking forward to the 102nd birthday party of her friend Martin in his retirement home. As she reminiscences about her life, her failed ambition...