''Impossible Object'' is a 1968 novel written by

Nicholas Mosley Nicholas Mosley, 3rd Baron Ravensdale (25 June 1923 – 28 February 2017), was a British peer, novelist and biographer. Two of his volumes of biography covered the life of his father, Sir Oswald Mosley, the founder of the British Union of Fasc ...

. It was shortlisted for the

Booker Prize The Booker Prize, formerly the Booker Prize for Fiction (1969–2001) and the Man Booker Prize (2002–2019), is a prestigious literary award conferred each year for the best single work of sustained fiction written in the English language, wh ...

in 1969.

Film adaptation

In 1973, a motion picture adaptation starring

Alan Bates Sir Alan Arthur Bates (17 February 1934 – 27 December 2003) was an English actor who came to prominence in the Cinema of the United Kingdom#The 1960s, 1960s, when he appeared in films ranging from ''Whistle Down the Wind (film), Whistle Down ...

, and

Dominique Sanda Dominique Marie-Françoise Renée Varaigne (born 11 March 1951) professionally known as Dominique Sanda, is a French actress. Life and career Sanda was born on 11 March 1951 in Paris, to Lucienne (née Pichon) and Gérard Varaigne. She appeare ...

was released. The film was scripted by the novel's author, Nicholas Mosley.

References

1968 British novels British novels adapted into films Hodder & Stoughton books {{1960s-novel-stub