Marriage, like football, is a game of two halves. Fates – the first half of this novel - tells the story from birth to death of a devoted husband. Furies – the second half – tells the story from infancy to death of a vengeful wife. The two narratives have nothing in common. Even the same events turn out not to be the same at all. And yet, to their friends, Lotto and Mathilde’s marriage is a blissful constant in their own turbulent lives. Two very tall young people – golden and gifted – meet at the university of Vassar, fall in love and marry a fortnight later. Lotto wants to act, but doesn’t have the spark. Mathilde works in a gallery to support her husband. Without ever meeting her ­daughter-in-law, Lotto’s adored, mad mother cuts off h