Trio - William Boyd
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It is 1968 and two of the trio of the title are involved in the world of filmmaking in Brighton. The third is a once successful writer, married to a film director. Despite her descent into alcohol, she is experiencing an extended dry spell with her writing. Various other people whose lives intersect with the trio round out this character rich novel. All of them are living lives full of angst, yet there is a poignancy as each one comes to find some resolution, some peace.
I liked this better than I thought I would. The description made it seem somewhat of a farce; but it wasn’t. Yes, there were moments of humor, but also wry observations of life during an era when “the times they are a changing”……
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