The Honeymoon

A young American's life in Europe comes apart in this Man Booker Prize long-listed debut with "echoes of Ford Madox Ford and F. Scott Fitzgerald" (Tom Penn, The Times Literary Supplement, UK). Set in London and Venice at the end of the twentieth century, The Honeymoon follows a young man's journey into his own past and the strange events that caused his life to unravel. American-born Gordon Garraty spent much of his childhood traveling through the capitals of Europe with his eccentric mother Maureen. As Maureen worked on her interminable art guide, Gordon recorded their journeys with his camera. Only later, while working in London as a freelance photographer, did Gordon begin to emerge from his mother's influence—and meet Annie. Several years his senior and the daughter of a North London cabbie, Annie is Gordon's first love—and after a dizzying courtship, his wife. But when they take a honeymoon in Venice, Gordon and Annie...