paperback edition of seths tale of obsessive love. playing in a trio in vienna, michael the violinist is very attracted to julia the pianist. but the trio splits up and the three go their own way. several years later michael sees julia in london and, although she says she happily married and has a child, she agrees to visit venice and vienna with him... the greatness of the novel, its unassailable truthfulness, owes less to research than to imagination, an instinctive knowledge of the human heart )observer(. seths acclaimed and bestselling novel )a suitable boy(, sold over 500,000 copies in paperback.