Light Years
by James Salter
An elegant, elegaic portrait of a perfect marriage, slowly unraveling. A Sport and a Pastime, also a novel, describes an incandescent but illicit love affair set in mid-century France; it is brief and unforgettable. I also recommend the collections of short stories, Dusk and Last Night. Salter takes you instantly into the mysteries that compel people beneath the patina of well-ordered lives — their wines, restaurants, travel, and then their betrayals, their little deaths.
