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Publisher's Summary
An audacious and transformative novel about the past, the present and the power of writing and imagination from the award-winning author Christos Tsiolkas.
A man arrives at a house on the coast to write a book. Separated from his lover and family and friends, he finds the solitude he craves in the pyrotechnic beauty of nature. He becomes lost in memory and beauty.... He also begins to tell us a story....
A retired porn star is made an offer he can't refuse for the sake of his family and future. So he returns to the world he fled years before, all too aware of past temptations and long-buried desires. Can he resist the oblivion they promise?
A breathtakingly audacious novel by the acclaimed author of The Slap and Damascus, about finding joy and beauty in a raging and punitive world, about the refractions of memory and time.
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- Ken Clare
- 15-02-2022
Stunning!
I regretted having to sleep last night as I had wanted to finish this addictive, brilliantly written “book”. It’s construct was ingenious and his descriptions of nature and humanity are inspiring. Thank you for this work of art. It is indeed a book about beauty.
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