The Zone of Interest: A novel

About this book

Once upon a time there was a king and the king commissioned his favorite wizard to create a magic mirror. This mirror didnt show you your reflection. It showed you your soulit showed you who you really were. The wizard couldnt look at it without turning away. The king couldnt look at it. The courtiers couldnt look at it. A chestful of treasure was offered to anyone who could look at it for sixty seconds without turning away. And no one could. The Zone of Interest is a love story with a violently unromantic setting. Can love survive the mirror? Can we even meet each others eye after we have seen who we really are? Powered by both wit and compassion and in characteristically vivid prose Martin Amiss unforgettable new novel excavates the depths and contradictions of the human soul.