Up from the depths

摘要

AT THE END of the 19th century much of Europe was transfixed by the body of a woman that was pulled from the river in Paris. L'Inconnue de la Seine became a symbol of inscrutable beauty. Linda Grant's shimmering new novel opens with an echo of that episode, as a female corpse retrieved from the Thames is buried in east London in 2016. But only Pete, a policeman preoccupied by the case, and Alan, a documentary film-maker, pay their respects.