Once upon a time there was a king and the king commissioned his favorite wizard to create a magic mirror This mirror didnrsquot show you your reflection It showed you your soulmdashit showed you who you really were The wizard couldnrsquot look at it without turning away The king couldnrsquot look at it The courtiers couldnrsquot look at it A chestful of treasure was offered to anyone who could look at it for sixty seconds without turning away And no one could The Zone of Interest is a love story with a violently unromantic setting Can love survive the mirror Can we even meet each otherrsquos eye after we have seen who we really are Powered by both wit and compassion and in characteristically vivid prose Martin Amisrsquos unforgettable new novel excavates the depths and contradictions of the human soulFrom the Hardcover edition.
