Evening Class (novel) a Dickensian way, they bump into each other and are affected by the decisions of those around them. It is a story of love and deceit, family drama, wealth and poverty, of friendship and courage. Nora O'Donoghue and Aidan Dunne also appear in "Quentins", another novel by Maeve Binchy, and play a more significant role in "Heart and Soul". The novel heavily inspired the plot of the Danish feature film "Italian for Beginners" (2000), which won a Silver Berlin Bear and several other major international awards. Maeve Binchy was not paid, credited nor informed of this, but was later paid
The World in the Evening Elizabeth’s novel "The World in the Evening". Mariano Galdos is Elizabeth’s lover and a character in the novel named Gurian. Mary Scriven is another of Elizabeth's correspondents. A German doctor performs emergency surgery on Elizabeth in Greece. Lee, Dale, Ben, Jo, Joyce, Glen, and Pierre are friends of Jane's. Henri was Michael’s best friend, killed in the war . Shirley is a friend of Jane’s who introduces herself to Monk. Martin Gates is a friend of Jane's whom Monk suspects of being the real father of their child. The World in the Evening The World in the Evening by Christopher