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“... that can astonish the land-bound observer. These unoriginal reflections arise from a reading of Rose Tremain’s new novel. In the opinion of the Booker judges there are at least six recently published novels better than this one, and if they are right we are rich indeed. Ms Tremain, I see from the jacket copy, is ...”

“... accommodation: death should have a home in life, and life should have a home. The accommodation in Rose Tremain’s novel is tightest of all: it is not in any particular building, but simply in a cupboard, that her elderly authoress-heroine composes herself to die. Yet I found her death more moving than the others because the novel finds room for ...”

“... rule that in affairs of the heart boys will be buffoons. A buffoon is the central figure of Rose Tremain’s Restoration: a clever buffoon, a buffoon of many curious parts (one of which, after the libertine fashion of his time, he is inclined to exercise too vigorously for his own good). Robert Merivel is the son of a glover, a physician and ...”

“... Sister Margaret Atwood, or Brother Banville, is more likely to win the prize. On the short list is Rose Tremain, who teaches at the University of East Anglia. Two of the judges are feminists, and one of them also teaches at the University of East Anglia. And there have been rumours of a special earnestness which has insisted on the omission from the short ...”

“... Writing. I have only to mention the names (Sir Kevin looked down at his pad) of Ian McEwan, Rose Tremain and Kazuo Ishiguro …’ ‘Yes,’ said Norman. ‘We’ve read those.’ Wincing at the ‘we’, the private secretary said that he thought East Anglia would suit Norman very well. ‘What with?’ said Norman. ‘I’ve no money.’ ‘That ...”

“... 44, where I often came and went around drink time on a visit to one of Barbara’s friends, Ruth Tremain, who had taught maths to Army Air Corps pilots at Yale during the war. She was a strong chess player and we played often while I was writing a piece about Bobby Fischer. Because I had married Candace, on whom Ruth doted, she let me win a few games, but ...”