In September, 1944, the SS march into a remote Italian castle, arrest a mother & seize her two sons, aged just two & three.
...As a young boy, growing up in the Home Counties & watching his parents' marriage fall apart, the author had little sense of home. In this book, he vividly depicts his troubled relationship with his father, , his time as a teacher, & his first loves, all through the prism of the game, as he explores obsession, & the way it can shape a life.