Glass Pearls (Faber Editions) - 'A wonderful noir thriller and tremendous r

Nothing is more inviting to disclose your secrets than to be told by others of their own ... London, June 1965. Karl Braun arrives as a lodger in Pimlico: hatless, with a bow-tie, greying hair, slight in build. That summer, Braun courts a woman, attends classical concerts, buys bacon, dances the twist.