John Williams - Nothing but the Night

Details
Paperback - Used

Rating
3.2/5 Goodreads

Synopsis
Arthur Maxley is a tense and listless young man. One day he receives a letter from his long- estranged father. Arthur's fear and aversion to the man is powerful, yet his compulsion to see his father is irresistible. After their meeting, Arthur is propelled into a night of drinking and spontaneous intimacy with a beautiful young woman. But as the memories of childhood trauma surface and disorientate, Arthur's night out rises towards the pitch of disaster.

"The genius of this astonishing American writer is that he shows how lives that seem utterly strange can be very like our own" - New Statesman