On the anniversary of a life-shattering event, George Webb, a former policeman turned private detective, revisits the catastrophes of his past and reaffirms the extraordinary direction of his future. Two years before, an assignment to follow a strayed husband and his mistress appeared simple enough, but this routine job left George a transformed man.
Suspenseful, moving, and hailed by critics as a detective story unlike any other,
The Light of Day is a gripping tale of murder and redemption, as well as a bold exploration of love and self-discovery. This powerful novel signals yet another groundbreaking achievement from Graham Swift, the author of the Booker Prize-winning novel
Last Orders.
About the AuthorGraham Swift was born in 1949 in London, where he still lives and works. He is the author of six novels:
The Sweet-Shop Owner;
Shuttlecock, which received the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize;
Waterland, which was short-listed for the Booker Prize and won the Guardian Fiction Award, the Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize and the Italian Premio Grinzane Cavour;
Out of This World; Ever After, which won the French Prix du Meilleur Livre Etranger; and
Last Orders, which was awarded the Booker Prize. He is also the author of
Learning to Swim, a collection of short stories. His work has been translated into more than twenty-five languages.