The mesmerising new novel from one of the giants of modern English literature. Martagon, an engineer by profession and a loner by nature, falls head over heels in love for the very first time. He is masterminding the construction of an airport in Provence, exploiting his cutting-edge expertise in glass technology. The land on which the airport is built belonged to a feuding brother and sister, and it is Marina, the sister, who throws the detached and rational Martagon so thoroughly off balance. Marina is beautiful, flamboyant, completely irresistible. He takes risks to be with her, loses his way both professionally and personally, and ends up questioning values he once took for granted. Written with unusual urgency and perception about the relations between men and women, FLIGHT is ultimately a story of loss. It's an international novel of the new Europe, and the need to 'belong' somewhere. It's also about passionate love, morality, self-discovery, the business world - and flying too close to the sun.

Martagon loves his work. He designs, he engineers, he orchestrates; glass is his obsession. He has long been in control of his life, his time and his emotions.

Marina, first glimpsed by chance in a café in Southern France, is flamboyant, irresistible, uncontrollable.

Their love for each other is raw and overpowering, a passion familiar perhaps to Marina but new to Martagon. The rules by which he has so carefully lived no longer apply. Secrecy, risk and ultimately betrayal threaten to overwhelm and destroy him in this extraordinary novel of love won and love surrendered, of freedom lost and painfully regained.

'A playful, enjoyable and exhilaratingly intelligent modern romance.'
LITERARY REVIEW

'An intricate and intelligent novel about relationships, and about movement and stability... the themes are big, the writing always sprightly and the touch always sure.'
FINANCIAL TIMES

'Reads like a question mark over a long hot summer. A rare flower'
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