On the most important level this a meditation on Barnes’ grief.
The chapter,
‘The
Loss of Depth’, which comprises around half of the book’s length, is Barnes’
examination of his grief after the death of his wife, Pat Kavanagh. It is candid to the
point that when he moots the idea of suicide he reveals his preferred method
(‘a hot bath, a glass of wine next to the taps, and an exceptionally sharp
Japanese carving knife').
In
‘The Loss of Depth’ the love story is entwined in the narrative of grieving
rather than parenthetically set aside, and entanglement this is the heart of
the book. There are many books in this genre, some on this blog.
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