Great House

Shortlisted for the Orange Prize for fiction 2011 - an astonishing new novel from the bestselling author of The History of Love

In New York a woman spends a night with a young Chilean poet before he departs, leaving her his desk. Later, he is arrested by Pinochet’s secret police … In north london, a man caring for his dying wife discovers a lock of hair that unravels a terrible secret … In Jerusalem, an antiques dealer reassembles his father’s study, plundered by the Nazis. One item remains missing …

Spanning continets and decades, weaving an intricate web of its characters’ lives, Great House tells a soaring story of love, loss and survival against the odds.