It's 1965, on a small island in the South Pacific, a group of astronomers gather to witness the passing of a comet, but when a young boy dies during a meteor shower, the lives of the scientists and their loved ones change in subtle yet profound ways.

Andrew Sean Greer's remarkable and sweeping novel is an exploration into chances taken and lost, of love found and broken, and of time's gravitational pull on the lives of everyday and extraordinary people.

Andrew Sean Greer is the author of three novels: The Story of a Marriage, The Confessions of MaxTivoli, and The Path ofMinor Planets, as well as the story collection How It Was for Me.
He lives in San Francisco, California.