Description
Walter has built a life in the mental hospital when he meets June, a short-stay patient recovering from a suicide attempt. She is bitter, attractive and corrosively articulate; she belongs, almost, in the world outside - yet she needs Walter. Comically and unexpectedly happy together, they run away from the hospital and consummate their love in a church.Journeying south, to the underworld of London's poor and homeless in Her Majesty's Jubilee Year, their love blossoms, as generous and tender as it is acutely vulnerable.
Book Details
Format
Paperback
Pages
224 pages
Language
English
Published
Nov 21, 1988
Publisher
Overlook Books
Editions
2 editions
ISBN-10
0879512253
ISBN-13
9780879512255