Glass Room

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE

''A passionately detailed portrait of individuals struggling to snatch order and happiness from frightening, irrational times'' Sunday Telegraph

''Mawer embeds...provocative aesthetic and moral issues in a war-torn adventure story that''s eerily erotic and tremendously exciting....[a] gorgeous novel'' Washington Post

Cool. Balanced. Modern. The precisions of science, ...