The Rocks

Peter Nichols wrote The Rocks and he kept me guessing.  All through the book I learned about Gerald and Lulu, Luc and Agaena and nothing was very clear or very predictable.  The story takes place in Majorca, an island off Spain in the Mediterranean Sea.  The Rocks is a hotel owned by Lulu and where her son, Luc, grows up in the summers.  Gerald owns a farm where he raises lemons, almonds, olives and his daughter Agaena.  Although Lulu and Gerald live in the same town on the island and once were married, their meetings are very infrequent yet intense.  This is an interesting story about to English expatriates living in a small town on a Spanish island, never seeing each other yet making decisions because of the things that happened in their brief and tumultuous marriage.  Very interesting story.