Near fine condition.Orion,1999.First UK paperback edition-first printing.Large format paperback(two small nicks,scratch and crease on the edges of the cover and spine) in near fine condition.The book is new with a couple of ink marks and small nick on the outer edges,small pencil mark impression on the edge of the first page of the book,small nick on the edge of the pages.376pp. This is another paragraph Synopsis: A novel about childhood, friendship, love and the exorcising of family ghosts. Esther and Linus emerge from their distinctly peculiar childhood's to become friends, then adversaries, and finally lovers, fatally divided not only by a cause on which neither will give way, but also by a complex set of obsessions, old family secrets, and other lovers.