The immortals, Hermes and Zeus, amuse themselves playing with the feelings of the Godley family as they gather waiting for the death of the patriarch, Adam. Communication is not this family’s strong point and there’s an uneasy drifting quality to all of their lives. This book reads like a summer’s day – warm, lilting, hazy, insubstantial. There are a few dark clouds on the horizon, but no serious threat.
