Author:P.G. Wodehouse
J. Wellington Gedge seems to have everything a man could desire: a rich wife, a chateau, a life of ease in the south of France. But all he really wants is to return to California, not least because Mrs Gedge, who holds the purse-strings, is scheming to have him appointed as American ambassador in Paris, which means he will have to wear a sissy uniform. Fortunately, her plans are thwarted by a complicated series of events which involves French aristocrats, American crooks, an English novelist and the appalling Senator Opal, whose daughter, Jane, has a mind of her own.
'Gemmell is a fireside mythmonger; his characters and plots have the authentic feel of legends handed down through the age
—— SFXA powerful novel which brings two troubled and brilliant people back to life
—— Sunday TelegraphA razor-sharp blade of light... This is fiction's raising of Lazarus, miraculous, touched with wonder, grace and utter, steadfast belief in the life being resurrected... A work of intense, unflinching passion and conviction, written with Galloway's heart's blood
—— The TimesJanice Galloway's exciting, vibrant third novel proves a virtuoso piece of storytelling...this obvious Booker contender is as compelling as the tormented players and music that inspired it
—— Eileen Battersby , Irish TimesYou read Clara and you catch the music of another mind, and wherever it comes from Janice Galloway plays the notes to what sounds very much like perfection. This is a virtuoso performance
—— ScotsmanA novel dizzy with lyrical passages and pulsating with the musical passion of Clara's complicated, tragic love for her husband Robert Schumann
—— Scotland on SundayHer limpid prose style is so seductive and so beautiful a fine meditation on art, love and loss...
—— Meaghan Delahunt, The Scotsman