cover image Loving Roger

Loving Roger

Tim Parks. Penguin Books, $6.95 (160pp) ISBN 978-0-14-011459-1

``Set in the working-class suburbs of present-day England, this delightfully quirky novel playfully explores the evolution of an obsessive and ultimately violent love affair,'' remarked PW , finding that ``Parks has created an absorbing, compassionate tale.'' (Jan.)