Charles Arrowby, past 60, a demi-god of the theatre - director, playwright and actor - retires from his glittering London world, in order to abjure magic and be... » 

Charles Arrowby, past 60, a demi-god of the theatre - director, playwright and actor - retires from his glittering London world, in order to abjure magic and become a hermit. It is to the sea that he turns. «