vLife on their island paradise is heady, dream-like, a string of seemingly endless summer days. But nothing can last forever.'A surefire summer hit ... At once a blissful piece of escapism and a powerful meditation on art and sexuality' Observer'Heady armchair escapism ... An impressionistic, intoxicating rush of sensory experience' Sunday Times'If summer was suddenly like a novel, it would be like this one. Immaculate' Andrew O'Hagan