A Table in Berlin Author:Mark Davies WEST BERLIN OCTOBER 1987 "Such is Love, Such is Life", (Charlie's Lament in Em) — When a young musician stumbles into a Greek restaurant to shelter from the rain, it is not the random act of fate he first believes. — Charlie meets Joanna and falls at once, utterly seduced. But his life... more » begins to unravel at an astonishing pace once it becomes intertwined with the lives of the four enigmatic young English women who are sitting at the table next to his.
In divided Berlin, nothing is ever as straightforward as it appears, and people are seldom quite what they seem. Gradually, Charlie and Joanna are drawn into the shadow of an unknown tragic past.
Mark Davies' poignant and richly comic debut novel of love and deceit, set against the brooding menace of the Berlin Wall, is an effortless blend of drama, romance and high comedy.« less