The End of the Affair

Set in London during and after the Blitz, the novel follows Maurice Bendrix, a novelist who begins a physical relationship with Sarah Miles, the wife of a civil servant. Their affair ends abruptly when a V-1 flying bomb strikes Bendrix’s apartment. Years later, consumed by jealousy, Bendrix hires a private investigator to track Sarah, suspecting a new lover. He discovers that her departure was not sparked by another man, but by a desperate private vow made to God while she believed Bendrix was dead.

Readers of psychological drama and theological fiction turn to this work to understand the bridge between human obsession and religious faith. It appeals to those interested in how resentment and hatred can function as inverted forms of love. The reader walks away with a portrait of a narrator struggling against a divine rival he refuses to believe in, illustrating how a personal miracle can dismantle a secular life. It provides a technical study of unreliable narration and the friction between erotic desire and spiritual sanctity.