About this book
Hilary Burde, saved by education from a delinquent childhood, cheated out of Oxford by a tragic love tangle, cherishes his obsessive guilt and disappointment in a dull, orderly civil service job. When the man whom he has harmed and betrayed reappears as head of his department, Hilary hopes for forgiveness, even for redemption and a new life, but finds himself haunted by a ghostly repetition.
Subjects
DeathFiction in EnglishFictionMan-woman relationshipsAccidentsBritish and irish fiction (fictional works by one author)Fiction, generalMan-woman relationships, fictionEngland, fiction