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0 reviewsWith an introduction by Evie Wyld The Idea Of Perfection by Kate Grenville is a funny and touching romance between two people who've given up on love. "Grenville makes awkward atmospheres and fumbling encounters wonderfully vivid. Read it & cringe" (Times).
Douglas Cheeseman is a big-eared engineer who avoids his own reflection and has bored his wife into leaving him. Newly single, he's the sort of man you'd never look at twice. Harley Savage is a large, raw-boned, abrasive woman who's been through three husbands and doesn't want another. Neither character seems to be a prime subject for a burgeoning romance. But from the beginning, they are on a collision course and out of this unpromising conjunction of opposites, something unexpected happens: sometimes even better than perfection."From these two reticent characters, besieged by two lifetimes of regret, doubt and dismay, Grenville manufactures an extraordinary comedy of manners, made all more powerful by her own reticence as a writer." - The Guardian UK
"…the way the narrative coaxes these two awkward characters together is perfect in both its restraint and its careful observation of human frailty… as usual, Grenville’s prose is fluid and evocative, distinguished by precise, often haunting imagery… a beautifully crafted piece of work. This is wonderful writing made even more perfect by its deliberate and artful risks.” - Mandy Sayer, The Bulletin
Elegantly and compassionately told, The Idea Of Perfection is reminiscent of the work of Carol Shields and Annie Proulx and reveals Kate Grenville as "a writer of extraordinary talent" (The New York Times Book Review).
Winner of the 2001 Orange Prize
