An Accidental Man

A charming, accident-prone man's bungled attempts to cover up his own blunders and misdeeds set the plot in motion, drawing in his estranged wealthy brother and a young American academic caught in the same orbit.

Set largely in 1960s London, the novel follows the intertwined lives of the Grey family and their circle as a series of comic mishaps and moral failures accumulate around them. Beneath the satire of manners and the farce of cover-ups lies a darker meditation on responsibility, the failure of those who could help, and the cost of inaction.