Part spy novel, part romance, part Henry James, <em>Your Face Tomorrow</em> is a wholly remarkable display of the immense gifts of Javier Marias. With <em>Fever and Spear</em>, Volume One of his unfolding novel <em>Your Face Tomorrow</em>, he returns us to the rarified world of Oxford (the delightful setting of <em>All Souls</em> and <em>Dark Back of Time</em>), while introducing us to territory entirely new--espionage.<br /><br />Our hero, Jaime Deza, separated from his wife in Madrid, is a bit adrift in London until his old friend Sir Peter Wheeler—retired Oxford don and semi-retired master spy—recruits him for a new career in British Intelligence. Deza possesses a rare gift for seeing behind the masks people wear. He is soon observing interviews conducted by Her Majesty's secret service: variously shady international businessmen one day, would-be coup leaders the next. Seductively, this metaphysical thriller explores past, present, and future in the ever-more-perilous 21st century. This compelling and enigmatic tour de force from one of Europe's greatest writers continues with Volume Two, <em>Dance and Dream</em>.