Extinctions

Professor Frederick Lothian, retired engineer, world expert on concrete and connoisseur of modernist design, has quarantined himself from life by moving to a retirement village. Surrounded and obstructed by the debris of his life, he is determined to be miserable, but is tired of his existence and of the life he has chosen.

When a series of unfortunate incidents forces him and his neighbour, Jan, together, he begins to realise the damage done by the accumulation of a lifetime's secrets and lies, and to comprehend his own shortcomings. Finally, Frederick Lothian has the opportunity to build something meaningful for the ones he loves.

Humorous, poignant and galvanising, this is a novel about all kinds of extinction - natural, racial, national and personal - and what we can do to prevent them.

Profesorul Frederick Lothian, inginer pensionar, expert mondial in beton si cunoscator al designului modernist, s-a pus in carantina din viata mutandu-se intr-un sat de pensionari. Inconjurat si impiedicat de resturile vietii sale, el este hotarat sa fie mizerabil, dar este obosit de existenta sa si de viata pe care a ales-o. Cand o serie de incidente nefericite ii obliga pe el si pe vecinul sau, Jan, impreuna, sa-si dea seama de daunele cauzate de acumularea secretelor si minciunilor vietii si sa-si inteleaga propriile neajunsuri.