Purple Swamp Hen and Other Stories

A new collection of short stories from the Man Booker Prize-winning writer. A dream house that is hiding something sinister; two women having lunch who share a husband; an old woman doing her weekly supermarket shop with a secret past that no one could guess; a couple who don't know each other at all even after 15 years together; and a bird and a servant girl in ancient Pompeii who cannot converse, but share a perfect understanding.