Bretton Woods, 1944. John Maynard Keynes, arguably the greatest economist in history, arrives at the Mount Washington Hotel to take part in the economic conference that established the financial system which governed the world until quite recently. Over the twenty-two days he spends at the hotel, as the intricate web of tensions unfolds around him in his role as head of the British delegation, Keynes reflects on his past—especially his relationship with the young Ludwig Wittgenstein.
Through these reflections, we are transported to his university years at Cambridge. From the secret gatherings of the Apostles society to the intellectual brilliance of the Bloomsbury Group, this novel dives deep into the private worlds of some of the most influential figures of the twentieth century.