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The Missing Shade of Blue
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When translator Edgar Logan arrives from his home in Paris to work in Edinburgh he anticipates a period of enlightenment and calm. But with a chance meeting with the philosopher Harry Sanderson and his captivating artist wife, Edgar's meticulously circumscribed life is suddenly propelled into drama and crisis. Drawn into the Sandersons' troubled marriage, Edgar must confront both his own deepest fears from the past and his present growing attraction to the beguiling Carrie. Moving, witty and wise, The Missing Shade of Blue is a compelling portrait of the modern condition, from the absence of faith to the scourge of sexual jealousy and the elusive nature of happiness.
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Jennie Erdal has previously worked as a ghost writer. This is her first novel.
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"Absorbing . . . This is a writer of rare assurance and intelligence."  —Cressida Connolly, Spectator

"Compelling. Jennie Erdal has a fine eye for the dynamics of sexual relationships."  —Kate Saunders

"The Missing Shade of Blue is fascinated with big ideas, full of lively wit and a tender eye for the foibles of human nature."  —Adrian Turpin, Literary Review

"The subtitle 'a philosophical adventure' really captures the mood of this beguiling, clever, funny and humane novel . . . All of [the characters] are well drawn, but the wounded, crumbling figure of Harry Sanderson, the academic philosopher who prefers fly-tying and fishing to the examined life, especially so . . . Jennie Erdal has written a thoroughly engaging and thought-provoking book."  —James Robertson, author, Testimony of Gideon Mack

"Cleverly constructed novel, it gives us an outsider's view of a marriage that's complex . . . a beautifully written novel."  —Scottish Review of Books

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