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Caroline's Bikini - Women's Sexy Swimwear Two Piece Set for Beach & Pool | Summer Vacation Swimsuits for Women
Caroline's Bikini - Women's Sexy Swimwear Two Piece Set for Beach & Pool | Summer Vacation Swimsuits for Women

Caroline's Bikini - Women's Sexy Swimwear Two Piece Set for Beach & Pool | Summer Vacation Swimsuits for Women

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'Alright' I said, 'I'll try...' This is how Emily Stuart opens her intricate tale of a classic love affair that becomes Caroline's Bikini: a swirling cocktail of infatuation, obsession, and imagination.The moment that Emily's friend Evan Gordonstone - a successful middle-aged financier - meets Caroline Beresford - a glamorous former horsewoman, and now housewife, hostess, and landlady - there is a 'PING!' At least, that's how Evan describes it to Emily when he persuades her to record his story: the story of falling into unrequited love, which is as old as Western literature itself. Thus begins a hypnotic series of conversations set against the beguiling backdrop of West London's bars, fuelled in intensity by endless G&Ts and Q&As. From the depths of mid-winter to July's hot swelter, Emily's narration of Evan's passion for Caroline will take him to the brink of his own destruction.Written in a voice so playful, so charismatic, and so thoughtfully aware of the responsibilities of fiction it can only be by Kirsty Gunn, Caroline's Bikini is a swooning portrait of courtly love - in a modern world not celebrated for its restraint and abstraction. Ready. Steady. Go!

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Caroline's Bikini is a very well written novel about the nature of love - courtly, sexual love, friendship, loyalty, intimacy, familiarity, lust, and comfortable reliability. There are two parallel stories - one about love imagined and unattainable, and the other about the dependable affection of the person alongside. The narration seems to constantly take three steps forward and two steps back as the author and characters reflect on the events - which are far from dramatic but, nevertheless provide enough action and structure for the discussion on the theme. Interestingly many of the meetings on the two main characters are in pubs on the route to Wimbledon. These pubs have different names and different atmospheres that reflect on the mood of the meetings and the developments of love and affection.