Distant Intimacy: A Friendship in the Age of the Internet

Frederic Raphael has written 22 novels, including The Glittering Prizes, made into a BBC television series, and several works of non-fiction. He is also an Oscar-winning screenwriter. He divides his time between London and Provence. Joseph Epstein is the author of more than 20 books, including Fred Astaire, published by Yale University Press, and most recently Gossip: The Untrivial Pursuit. He lives in Chicago.