"Undue Influence" by Anita Brookner
This is another author I sort of forgot about and then was reminded with the FB British Bookclub. When I posted that I was reading it, someone posted that she thought it was her best ever. I still have a few to catch up on but I just might agree. I wasn't too sure initially but was very impressed in the end. Well, like all good novels it's about a lot of things. The central character, Claire, is quite fascinating. She creates lives for the people she meets, and even people she really doesn't even really have contact with, and develops their personalities in her imagination. She's not quite so good about creating her own life although she feels she is in complete control but alas.