Book description
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BERNARD SHAW PRIZE 2023
Elegant, mature and richly atmospheric, a bittersweet love story glimpsed through the veil of memory
'The love child of Normal People and Brideshead Revisited... Sublime and elegiac' Francesca Reece
'[A] heady mix of hope and nostalgia, of desire and regret, of new love…
Why read it?
1 author picked The Trio as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
The Trio captures the essence of friendship and love and the coexisting yet diametrically opposed social anxieties that can accompany them. This is why I love this book–love is presented as complex, challenging, and fraught with more that is unsaid than actually expressed.
I also love this book because it expresses love as a real feeling, something that is experienced but not always easy to explain (or get along with). The characters are relatable, honest, and flawed, yet likable. The book is also set in beautiful locations–Stockholm, Paris, London–which makes it beautiful to read.
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