Fraud

At the heart of Anita Brookner's new novel lies a double mystery: What has happened to Anna Durrant, a solitary woman of a certain age who has disappeared from her London flat? And why has it taken four months for anyone to notice?

As Brookner reconstructs Anna's life and character through the eyes of her acquaintances, she gives us a witty yet ultimately devastating study of self-annihilating virtue while exposing the social, fiscal, and moral frauds that are the underpinnings of terrifying rectitude.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 01/13/1994
ISBN: 9780679743088
Pages: 268
Weight: 0.49lbs
Size: 8.12h x 5.10w x 0.60d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 12/06/1993