num_pages: 538
description: When Charles Arrowby retires from his glittering career in the London theatre, he buys a remote house on the rocks by the sea. He hopes to escape from his tumultuous love affairs but unexpectedly bumps into his childhood sweetheart and sets his heart on destroying her marriage. His equilibrium is further disturbed when his eccentric friends all decide to come and keep him company and Charles finds his and keep him company and Charles finds his seaside idyll severely threatened by his past.
language: English
title: The Sea, the Sea
titlecomplete: The Sea, the Sea
characters: Charles Arrowby, Mary Hartley Fitch
genres: Fiction, British Literature, Philosophy, Literature, Classics, Novels, Irish Literature, 20th Century, Literary Fiction, Modern Classics
ratings_count: 20864
places: England
awards: awardedAt: 252489600000
name: Booker Prize
publisher: Vintage Classics