The Optimists

Clem Glass was a successful photo journalist, fired by his conviction that only photographs could capture the world's true face. Then, in Africa, he witnesses the grotesque aftermath of a genocidal massacre and returns to London with the belief that people, including himself, are fundamentally wicked. Now nothing can rouse him, and no other outlook can shift his altered vision. The one close relationship Clem is able to maintain is with his older sister Clare, who has been struck down...
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Clem Glass was a successful photo journalist, fired by his conviction that only photographs could capture the world's true face. Then, in Africa, he witnesses the grotesque aftermath of a genocidal massacre and returns to London with the belief that people, including himself, are fundamentally wicked. Now nothing can rouse him, and no other outlook can shift his altered vision. The one close relationship Clem is able to maintain is with his older sister Clare, who has been struck down by mental illness. Together they set up home and together they keep the darkness at bay. But just as Clare begins to recover, news arrives that the man responsible for the massacre is under arrest in Brussels...