WHAT DOES MRS FREEMAN WANT

Here is the portrait of an extraordinary- yet in many ways typical- English couple, as seen through the eyes of a fascinated, ouzo- guzzling Greek narrator, reminiscing on a sun- drenched beach. Under his passionate, yet humorous, scrutiny, Mrs. Freeman and her husband come alive with great vividness, while retaining intact the mystery of their " otherness." The book is much more than the story of Mrs. Freeman? s life and times; it also offers an ironical insight into the confrontation of two cultures, two different ways of looking at the world.