About the book: When the deep cold of winter 1962 sets in and two young couples have only each others’ company, secrets emerge. This psychologically intense novel from previously shortlisted Andrew Miller asks whether the past can be forgotten and the future newly made, or whether some secrets are too deep to ignore.

About the author: Andrew Milleris an English novelist. He has published ten novels and has won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, the International Dublin Literary Award, the Costa Book Awards Book of the Year, and the Walter Scott Prize. He has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize.