The Philosopher's Pupil
by Iris Murdoch | 
Loitering with Intent
by Muriel Spark | 
The Porcupine
by Julian Barnes | 
The Doctor Is Sick
by Anthony Burgess | 
The Debut
by Anita Brookner | 
Brief Lives
by Anita Brookner | 
Love, Again
by Doris Lessing | 
A Start in Life
by Anita Brookner | 
Fraud
by Anita Brookner | 
Making Things Better
by Anita Brookner | 
Lewis Percy
by Anita Brookner | 
A Closed Eye
by Anita Brookner | 
A Friend from England
by Anita Brookner | 
Altered States
by Anita Brookner | 
Undue Influence
by Anita Brookner | 
The Rules of Engagement
by Anita Brookner | 
Accidents in the Home
by Tessa Hadley | 
Christmas Holiday
by W. Somerset Maugham | 
The Captain and the Enemy
by Graham Greene | 
The Gate of Angels
by Penelope Fitzgerald |
Brookner explores the complications that arise when one solitary man comes up against a woman who seems determined to invade his solitude. George Bland is an aging bachelor whose existence has been virtually a mirror image of his name--up until now. For into George's life walks Katy Gibb, young, abrasively self-assured, who incites in George the most alarming feelings.