Intermezzo patterns a poignant consideration of the

a poignant consideration of the rites of fatherhood and manhood

the roles she assigned to them

Living on the edge of a common in East London

an anonymous person gives him money to begin a new life in London

Whether writing in a café or a train

Intermezzo patterns a poignant consideration of theAside from the fact that they are brothers, Peter and Ivan seem to have little in common. Peter is a successful lawyer in his thirties. Ivan is a competitive chess player. He has always seen himself as socially awkward in comparison to his elder brother. After losing their father, the two grieving brothers enter a period of desire, despair and possibility as they find themselves in relationships of varying intensity.