The ebony tower

An extraordinary work of fiction, from one of the world''s most exceptional writers.

A journalist visits an elderly painter and becomes intrigued by his young female companions. Four years'' worth of book research is set on fire in front of a writer. A successful MP disappears without a trace.

Written with stylistic innovation, this sequence of novellas exploring the nature of art echoes the themes and preoccupations of Fowles'' earlier work and cements his position as a master storyteller.

''Pick up any of these stories and you won''t, as they say, be able to put it down'' Financial Times