After the Fireworks

As an acclaimed novelist, Miles Fanning is well used to the unwanted attentions of his fans as he goes about his daily business. Yet little prepares him for the determination of the gauche Pamela Tarn who resolves to enter not only his world, but also his bed. Initially repelled by the enormity of the age gap between them, Fanning vows never to acquiesce, and resorts to his most boorish behavior in an attempt to break the hold he unwittingly has over her. Yet as they are inexorably drawn together, they embark upon a tempestuousand ultimately destructiveaffair.

Novelist Aldous Huxley (1894–1963) is best known for the classic work Brave New World. Fay Weldon's novels include The Life and Loves of a She-Devil, She May Not Leave, and The Spa.