Anita Brookner: Percy Lewis. Chivers Press 1990, Penguin 1990, Vintage 1991, 0-679-72944-5

Der Verlag nennt das Buch "portrayal of a man torn between the reassuring cloister of the library and the alluring but terrifying world of the senses, a world populated by women who persist in bewildering him". Zum Inhalt: "After his mother dies, Lewis takes a humble library job and searches for a wife. He settles on Tissy Harper, a library assistant as virginal as himself; she has the added emotional handicap of agoraphobia, and is tied to her formidable mother. Instead of fulfilling his idealistic longings, marriage robs Lewis of his dreams".