A Country Road, a Tree

From the bestselling author of Longbourn comes a story of survival and determination, of spies and artists, passion and danger-a portrait of Samuel Beckett's wartime experiences in Paris.

"Exquisitely crafted." -O, The Oprah Magazine

In 1939 Paris, the ground rumbles with the footfall of Nazi soldiers marching along the Champs-Élysées, and a young, unknown writer, recently arrived from Ireland to make his mark, smokes one last cigarette with his lover before the city they know is torn apart....