''The Cost of Living Like This'' is a
novel by Scottish writer
James Kennaway
James Peeble Ewing Kennaway (5 June 1928 – 21 December 1968) was a Scottish novelist and screenwriter. He was born in Auchterarder in Perthshire and attended Glenalmond College.
Biography
Born to a middle class family in Auchterarder, his f ...
. It was the first of Kennaway's novels to be published following his death in a car accident in 1968.
The novel tells the story of Julian, a 38-year-old British government economist who has learned he has terminal lung cancer. As his marriage comes under increasing strain, he begins an extra-marital relationship with his office junior, seventeen-year-old Sally Cohen.
The theme of a
love triangle
A love triangle or eternal triangle is a scenario or circumstance, usually depicted as a rivalry, in which two people are pursuing or involved in a romantic relationship with one person, or in which one person in a romantic relationship with so ...
also features in Kennaway's previous novel, ''
Some Gorgeous Accident'' (1967), which had been inspired by Kennaway's wife's affair with
John Le Carré
David John Moore Cornwell (19 October 193112 December 2020), better known by his pen name John le Carré ( ), was a British and Irish author, best known for his espionage novels, many of which were successfully adapted for film or television. ...
.
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Scottish novels
1969 British novels
Novels by James Kennaway
Novels published posthumously
Atheneum Books books