THE BOOKER PRIZEWINNING GOLDEN BOOKER PRIZESHORTLISTED CLASSIC NOW WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY ELIF SHAFAKClaudia Hampton beautiful famous independent dyingBut she remains defiant to the last telling her nurses that she will write a history of the world and in the process my own And it is her story from a childhood just after the First World War through the Second and beyond But Claudias life is entwined with others and she must allow those who knew her loved her the chance to speak to put across their point of view There is Gordon brother and adversary Jasper her untrustworthy lover and father of Lisa her cool conventional daughter and then there is Tom her one great love found and lost in wartime EgyptThe masterpiece of one of the centurys finest novelists Moon Tiger is a haunting evocative and dazzlingly original story of loss and desireLeaves its traces in the air long after youve put it away Anne TylerA complex tapestry of great subtlety Lively writes so well savouring the words as she goes Daily TelegraphFascinating Way ahead of her time and yet absolutely of her time Lemn Sissay
