Hesperides Tree

Reminiscent in theme and style to his Whitbread Award-winning "Hopeful Monsters," Nicholas Mosley's "The Hesperides Tree" tells of a young man frustrated by the inability of his two chosen courses of study - biology and literature - toadequately define the world. Baffled by several life-shaping coincidences that seem to be part of life itself, he embarks on a physical and intellectual journey in search of a girl he fell in love with years earlier. This journey leadshim to a deserted island off the coast of Ireland and, perhaps, to the mythical Garden of Hesperides, home of the Tree of Life. 312p.