Under The Sun

Lottie Moggach Picador. Out now Anna embarked on a new life in the Spanish sun with her dream man, only for him to walk out, leaving her alone in the finca she poured her heart, soul and savings into. On her uppers, she’s stuck running a failing bar in a sleepy town, where equally cash-strapped expats are longing to leave. When a local businessman offers to rent the finca, her eyes are opened to the even darker side of life. The joy of this novel is in the description – from the accurate portrayal of the death throes of a relationship, to the drab reality of a dream gone sour. Compulsively readable. DEIRDRE O’BRIEN