by Paul Torday · Orion Publishing Group · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780753824603
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Late one summer evening, Wilberforce - rich, young, and work-obsessed - makes a detour on his way home and unwittingly takes the first step on a journey that will change his life. His uncharacteristically impulsive act leads him to the vast undercroft of Caerlyon Hall, and the domain of Francis Black, a place where wine, hospitality and affection flow freely. Through Francis, Wilberforce is initiated into a life rich in the promise of friendship and adventure. But even the finest wine can leave a bitter aftertaste, and Wilberforce will learn that passion comes at a price. A dazzling, haunting story of obsession and addiction, of loyalty and betrayal.
Paul Torday was a British writer and the author of the comic novel Salmon Fishing in the Yemen. The book was the winner of the 2007 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for comic writing and was serialised on BBC Radio 4. It won the Waverton Good Read Award in 2008. It was made into a 2011 feature film of the same name, starring Ewan McGregor and Emily Blunt.
