After a Funeral

When Diana Athill met the man she calls Didi, she fell in love instantly and out of love just as fast. Didi s quirks, which at first appeared so charming and sweet, soon revealed a darker side he was a gambler, a drinker, and a womanizer, impossible to live with but impossible to ignore. After a Funeral explores the years of their friendship; a period that culminated in Didi s suicide (in Athill s apartment). This bravura work gives a new dimension to honesty, a new comprehension to love (Vogue)."