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“Elliptical, haunting . . . packed with intelligence, feeling and mystery...” —The Washington Post “[A] compact, haunting meditation on memory, sex and loss.” —The Seattle Times“An elegantly simple story...haunting.” --Cleveland Plain Dealer“The journey is all–one man’s voyage into darkness, into both the impossibility and the ecstasy of love–and Dibdin proves himself a masterful driver.” —The Guardian“[A] taut psychological thriller of love and loss.” —Seattle Post-Intelligencer“An enchanting narrativeÉ. Grief, jealousy, and reconciliation are the themes of this dark and erotic story.” —Times Literary Supplement“Spare, lyrical, and urgentÉ. [A] marvelous, unexpected novelÉ.” —The Literary Review

Michael Dibdin was born in England and moved extensively around the British Isles until his parents reluctantly agreed to his ultimatum, aged seven, that he for one intended to stay put in Northern Ireland, where they were then living. He later spent five years in Canada, working as a painting contractor, and another five in Perugia, Italy, where he taught English at the local university. In 1995 he officially achieved the status which has defined his entire life, that of Resident Alien, and now lives with his wife, the writer Kathrine Beck, and a varying selection of their five children in two turn-of-the-century houses in Seattle, Washington. Dibdin has written thirteen novels, eight of them in the popular Aurelio Zen series, including Ratking, which won the Crime Writers’ Association Gold Dagger, and