In gripping prose charged with emotional intensity, this national bestseller by the author of "Headlong" reaches into the moral confusion of two boys in wartime London to reveal a reality filled with deceptions and betrayals, where the bonds of friendship, marriage, and family are unravele...

In gripping prose charged with emotional intensity, this national bestseller by the author of "Headlong" reaches into the moral confusion of two boys in wartime London to reveal a reality filled with deceptions and betrayals, where the bonds of friendship, marriage, and family are unraveled by cowardice and erotic desire.