
All That Is explores a life unfolding in a world on the brink of change The life is that of Philip Bowman & we see his formative experiences as a young naval officer in battles off Okinawa his post-war career as a book editor in New York his trips to the great European cities
- for publishing parties in London romantic holidays in Paris But despite his success what eludes him is love His first marriage goes bad another fails to happen finally he meets a woman who enthrals him before setting him on a course he could never imagine for himself James Salter's dazzling seductive & haunting novel offers a fiercely intimate account of the great shocks & grand pleasures of being alive