Ever After

Dazzling in its structure and shattering in its emotional force, Graham Swift'sEver Afterspans two centuries and settings from the adulterous bedrooms of postwar Paris to the contemporary entanglements in the groves of academe. It is the story of Bill Unwin, a man haunted by the death of his beautify wife and a survivor himself of a recent brush with mortality. And although it touches on Darwin and dinosaurs, bees and bridge builders, the true subject ofEver Afteris nothing less than the eternal question, "Why should things matter?" "Ever Afteris explicitly concerned with historical investigation, love, death, family affairs.... It moves quickly, and it vibrates with feeling and thought."--Wall Street Journal

Graham Swift is the author of six novels, including the Booker Prize-winning <b>Last Orders</b>. His work has been translated into more than twenty languages. He lives in London, England.