He said:I look at youand I ask myselfif a woman's vanity is increasedby living with a successful man.She said:That was the stupidest thingI've ever heard.Even from you.A marriage in its final death throes; half a life lived together, now ending. Raging, bitter, sad and scathing, Ebba Witt-Brattström’s debut novel introduces a bold voice in contemporary European fiction.