The novel centres on Yvonne Carmichael, an eminent geneticist in her early 50s, and begins with her giving evidence to a Parliamentary Select Committee.On her way out of the buildiThe novel centres on Yvonne Carmichael, an eminent geneticist in her early 50s, and begins with her giving evidence to a Parliamentary Select Committee.On her way out of the building, the happily married Carmichael catches the eye of a man and they have sex in the crypt chapel – an event that has disastrous consequences for her.详情