Is an unflinching and deeply sympathetic portrait of a woman destroyed by self and circumstance. First published in, it marked Brian Moore as a major figure in English literature (he would go on to be short-listed three ...Is an unflinching and deeply sympathetic portrait of a woman destroyed by self and circumstance. First published in, it marked Brian Moore as a major figure in English literature (he would go on to be short-listed three times for the booker prize) and established him as an astute chronicler of the human soul.