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A provocative and passionate novel from the author of "The Impressionist" and "Transmission", which brings to life the radical idealism of the post-'68 generation and the darker currents which ran beneath it. 'His finest piece of work to date...' Stuart Kelly, "Scotland On Sunday"
Synopsis
It's the day before Mike Frame's fiftieth birthday and his quiet provincial life is suddenly falling apart. He has a past that his partner Miranda and step-daughter Sam know nothing about, lived under another name amidst the turbulence of the revolutionary armed struggle of the 1970s.