Awarded the Booker Prize. Edith Hope has been sent by her friends on a forced holiday to Lake Geneva. They believe that Edith has made an inexcusable faux pas back home in England. Contrary to expectations, however, she finds herself facing various challenges even in the neatly boring Hotel du Lac and is tempted to make another mistake. "A wonderful rediscovery!" Kultur. "A masterpiece of fine, ironic nuances." Brigitte. "Criminally amusing." Die Welt.