Chemistry of Tears/Peter Carey

Paperback edition of the latest novel from the Australian author, who has won the Booker Prize twice. Set in contemporary London and in 19th century Germany, it's the story of a man and a woman who can never meet, and a secret love story. As a conservator at the Swinburne museum restores an automaton, she discovers a series of handwritten notebooks telling the extraordinary story behind it. '}The Chemistry Of Tears{ isn't only about life and inventiveness: it overflows with them.' Peter Kemp, }Sunday Times{