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A review by wendyh65
On Green Dolphin Street by Sebastian Faulks
4.0
Life is an endless party, or so it seems, in the world of the British Embassy in Washington in the late 1950s. Charlie and Mary van der Linden are a happy couple with two small children, living a grand life in this setting.
But the Eisenhower years are coming to an end, and events conspire to bring the Cold War into their lives, through newspaper reporter Frank Renzo, who starts an affair with Mary.
Charlie is having his own problems, which come to a head when he is sent on assignment to Moscow, and proceeds to have a nervous breakdown when he gets there. The only way to extract him appears to be to send Mary to accompany him home, which is fraught with danger.
This is an engaging read which I recommend. I've previously read and enjoyed "A Week in December", which is also on our fiction shelves.
But the Eisenhower years are coming to an end, and events conspire to bring the Cold War into their lives, through newspaper reporter Frank Renzo, who starts an affair with Mary.
Charlie is having his own problems, which come to a head when he is sent on assignment to Moscow, and proceeds to have a nervous breakdown when he gets there. The only way to extract him appears to be to send Mary to accompany him home, which is fraught with danger.
This is an engaging read which I recommend. I've previously read and enjoyed "A Week in December", which is also on our fiction shelves.