The Conclave

The Conclave charts the first thirty years in the life of a suburban dilettante with aesthetic aspirations, who, in the 1980s, begins a lucrative career. The story roams from the edge of London to a well-healed part of Bristol, and in doing so reveals a disturbing - and unforgettable - tale of loneliness and lost love. Will appeal to fans of modern literature generally and particularly those interested in urban alienation and the disenchantment brought on by the materialism of bourgeois life in the late twentieth century.