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    A Pure Clear Light

    By Madeleine St John

    3.5/5

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    The freshest and most poignant observer of human foibles and heroic hearts since Anita Brookner, Mary Wesley and Alice Thomas Ellis.

    When Lydia sees Simon late at night driving down Westbourne Grove her suspicions are aroused. Simon, a TV film director, lives in Hammersmith with his wife Flora and their three children, what need has he for the dubious attractions of Bayswater? The attraction is Gillian, an accountant, whom Simon met at a dinner party while Flora and the children were away in la douce France. Flora struggles with her re-found Christian faith, though Anglican now rather than Roman Catholic, as Simon falls into a hopelessly passionate and sexual affair that brings its own burden and guilt.

    The smart world of middle-class West London is depicted with savage wit and a needle-sharp intelligence that will remind readers of the novels of Muriel Spark.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins UK
    Release dateDec 20, 2012
    ISBN9780007393152
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    Madeleine St John

    Madeleine St. John was born in Sydney in 1941. In 1965 she moved to the United States and attended Stanford, and later moved to England to attend Cambridge University. In 1993, she published her debut novel in Australia, The Women in Black. She is author of three other novels including The Essence of the Thing, shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. St. John was the first Australian woman to receive this honor. Madeleine St. John died in 2006.

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    • 4/5
      Another fine story of the intimacy between a man and a woman in this “deliciously devised tale about the phenomenon called love.” Simon and Flora seem to have a comfortable family life with their three children, until Simon veers off into an affair while Flora and the kids are off on holiday. Flora herself is seeking-her seeking takes her to the Anglican church, perhaps the first step on her return to the Church of Rome. St. John’s prose is tight, her dialogue spare, and her story poignant and very human.
    • 2/5
      A quick read, short chapters. I thought it was ok. couldnt wait to finish the story, seemed to drag a bit.