Paperback. Pub Date :2004-11-04 Pages: 704 Language: English Publisher: Vintage Books Set internationally and spanning three decades. Daniel Martin is. among other things. an exploration of what it is to be English. Daniel is a screenwriter working in Hollywood. who finds himself dissatisfied with his career and with the person he has become. In a richly evoked narrative. Daniel travels home to reconcile with a dying friend. and also to visit his own forgotten past in an attempt to discover himself.