I have read and loved everyone of Jonathan Coe's novels. I found it incredibly moving.
Calista is looking back on the formative experience of her life with the legendary movie maker Billy Wilder. Calista is mentored by people from a kinder and civilised age. It is an affectionate look at their world at a time when the 'young turks' of cinema were breaking through. At first, the film Wilder is struggling to make seems as irrelevant as he fears he has become. The more you read, you realise it is a quest for meaning and for something vital that has been lost. A beautiful novel. It has resonated with me since I finished it.

A very interesting book that is brilliantly written by one of the best writers in the UK today. Deserves a wide audience.