Author:Susanna Moore

In January 1836, two sisters, Eleanor and Harriet, set sail for India, leaving their home in England to accompany their brother, Henry, on his posting as Governor-General. Told through the engaging voice of Eleanor, One Last Look takes the reader to the heart of nineteenth-century India. Surrounded by a constant entourage of servants and aides, overwhelmed by the suffocating heat and her own physical vulnerability, Elenanor begins to realize that nothing is as it seems. Will her brother's politicall ambitions lead them inexorably to disaster? Is her sister's sanity under threat? As fragile boundaries begin to dissolve, and desire and horror overcome her, it is clear that Eleanor's vision of this land and herself will be irrevocably transformed.
Bewitching writing
—— Sunday CorrespondentBold and erotic, laced with sexual tension and music, a spellbinding story
—— New York Times Book ReviewMorbid delights, sexually charged passages and wicked, wild tragedy
—— Publishers WeeklyAn exuberant novel... the lost dreams of a battered, once beautiful city have a tangible presence
—— Financial TimesFowles is an artist of great imaginative power
—— Sunday TimesThese extraordinary diaries... should help bring about his richly deserved resuscitation
—— Spectator






