A lonely French woman writes the life story told to her by Russian London resident Monsieur Ka as a gift to him, with a sweeping exploration of the complications of adultery following. From the author of the memoir }Chernobyl Stawberries{ 'A beautiful haunting novel… looking at a familiar London through a frosty, snowy lens. Albertine, the wife of a British army officer often abroad on covert government business, finds herself increasingly lonely. Eager to distract herself with work, she takes a job as companion to the mysterious 'Monsieur Ka', a Russian émigré.
