Tim Parks Release Date: 06 Feb 1998 Format: Paperback ISBN: 9780749310684 ISBN-10: 0749310685
George believes that life is worth living only if it is happy, and that if someone he loves is suffering he should move heaven and earth to end that suffering. He will not accept that life is not destined to be pleasant, or that his marriage can be anything but ideal. Then a deformed baby is born.