A Week in December
A Week in December is a novel by British writer Sebastian Faulks, published in 2009. The story is set in London, England over a week in December 2007. Plot This episodic novel follows the lives of some Londoners in the last full week before Christmas, 2007. Most of them are guests at a dinner on Day Seven, Saturday; the others are closely connected. R. Tranter is a critic and book reviewer who disparages and scorns all present-day literature, but champions a little-known Victorian writer. He is jealous of his contemporaries’ success. He does not earn much, but out of the blue receives two new, well-paid appointments. Gabriel Northwood is a young barrister, lacking self-confidence, and with little work, though the new year looks promising. One case involves London Transport, and a witness is a tube driver, Jenni Fortune, the daughter of an Irish woman and an absent Trinidadian. Both Gabriel and Jenni have been hurt recently by the end of love affairs, and find comfort in books, though she also loses herself in a virtual-reality game. Using the pretext of preparing for the case, they meet a few times, and fall in love. Tadeusz ‘Spike’ Borowski is a Polish footballer,