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If that sounds a bit worthy then be reassured. This is comic novel - of sorts. It's not as plainly comedic as the Changing Places trilogy or Paradise News but the benefit of that is when the novel in places turns to serious events it can do so with the gravitas required.
A variety of charcters struggle with the whole range of life problems. This is not a typical novel and the oucomes are not predicatable. For instance;
"Tessa, in short was clasically ripe for having an affair, and in another milieu, or novel might well have had one. Instead, she bought lots of clothers and changed more times a day than was stricly necessary, collected cookbooks and experimeted with complicated recipes, read novels from library about mature, sensitive women having affairs, and enrolled in the Open University"
Sex is discussed and depicted in this book at great length but it is written about with more intelligence and insight than other less skilled writers. Ultimately though it is the characters who draw you in. I challenge you not to sympathise with Angela whose goodness overides her need to look for her own happiness. You will share the desperation of Miles who must reconcile his deep faith with his homosexuality. You will be drawn into the terrible difficulties of Michael who is both a devout Catholic but also incredibly turned on by the beckoning of the permissive society.
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