![]() ![]() They take over the Williams house, a band both piratical and elegant whose characters, from the classically inclined ringleader, The Moth, to a rough-edged greyhound racer, The Pimlico Darter, could easily figure in a sequel to Great Expectations. ![]() ![]() Nathaniel and Rachel, Rose tells them, are to be left in London in the care of some-well, call them associates. Miniver–like resoluteness, but the father is a cipher. Rose, their mother, has made the war years bearable with Mrs. As it opens, with World War II grinding to a gaunt end, Nathaniel Williams, 14, and his 15-year-old sister, Rachel, learn that their parents are bound for newly liberated Singapore. If anything, his latest moves even more slowly, but to deliberate effect. In what is arguably his best-known novel, The English Patient (1992), Ondaatje unfolds at leisurely pace a story of intrigue and crossed destinies at the fringes of a global struggle. Acclaimed novelist Ondaatje ( The Cat’s Table, 2011, etc.) returns to familiar ground: a lyrical mystery that plays out in the shadow of World War II. ![]()
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