A new edition of the 2012 novel which was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, from the author of }Hot Milk{, which was also shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2012 Man Booker Prize shortlisted. As he arrives with his family at the villa, Joe sees a body in the swimming pool. But the girl is alive. She is Kitty Finch: a self-proclaimed botanist with green-painted fingernails, walking naked into the heart of their holiday. Why is she there? And why does Joe's enigmatic wife allow her to remain?