About the book
Even his career was borrowed; his boss was the ex-toy-boy lover of his ex-socialite mother, who had given this disastrous graduate a job in the City out of adoration for her. For others, it was the chain rattle of their much-loved bike, hobbling along hills and vales. She was told she wouldn’t be able to have children, a fact that many around her found devastating, but she responded with characteristic grace and good humour, stating that the world was overpopulated anyway. It is the greatest relief to finally let it happen.