ABOUT
THE BOOK

After a devastating personal tragedy, a man leaves the United States to begin a new life abroad. The country he finds himself in is inordinately influenced by his imagination, and the events there are eerily reminiscent of his past, especially when he begins to fall in love with two women simultaneously. Andorra is a small country, inhabited by such people as Mrs Reinhardt, living out her lifetime in the penthouse of the Hotel Excelsior; the Dents, an Australian couple who share a first name, a huge dog, and a secret; Sophonsobia Quay, the matriarch of the Quay family, and her two beautiful daughters; and Esmeralda St. Pitt, who runs a boarding house for those with impeccable moral standards. A sinisterly beautiful novel about deceit, desire, and the persistence of memory, Andorra is Peter Cameron’s third novel: he lives in New York City.