At the Hairdresser's

Penguin Specials are designed to fill a gap. Written to be read over a long commute or a short journey, they are original and exclusively in digital form. This is a poignant novella from Anita Brookner.

''I rather hope I shall die at the hairdresser''s, for they are bound to know what to do. At least that is what I tell myself.''

Solitude is a familiar burden for Elizabeth Warner. She lives in a b...