The Necessary Angel Av C. K. Stead

<p>Max Jackson, a New Zealander living and lecturing in Paris, has a complicated arrangement with his estranged French wife, Louise. In love with his younger Sorbonne colleague Sylvie, he finds himself entangled with Helen, a troubled young English student.<br><br>When a Cezanne painting goes missing from Louise''s apartment, the boundaries he has struggled to maintain threaten to collapse.<br><br>Infused with literary musings and the spirit of Paris, <i>The Necessary Angel</i> is as much an ode to the power of literature as a nuanced exploration of love, fidelity and the balance of power within relationships.</p>