Slippery When Wet - Couverture souple

Goodman, Martin

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1905175205 ISBN 13 : 9781905175208

Editeur : Transita, 2006

Synopsis

When Maggie's husband dies in the bed of another woman, she surges out of their stately home. She heads East, towards family wealth, touching down in Bangladesh. A beautiful young man, Sepen, welcomes her at the airport, and shepherds her through the culture shock of his country. As their relationship becomes sexual, he starts to crack her English veneer. When she becomes ill, she needs him. When she grows strong again, she needs him even more. Maggie journeys on to Thailand. In releasing her husband's ashes into the River Kwai, she steps clear of her past. It's too damn stupid to think of Sepen as part of her future. Surely it is! This is an intricate and revealing novel which plays with age, culture, loss and desire to reveal the journeys across those boundaries.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Slippery When Wet emerges from the author's own lifetime rubbing Englishness against the edge of different civilizations, having worked in China, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, Holland, Germany, Italy and Qatar, and lived in England, Santa Fe and the Pyrenees. Martin Goodman's first novel was shortlisted for the Whitbread Award. In his words: 'After years of pushing non-fiction to its limits, writing books that tell stories l'd never dared to imagine, Slippery When Wet marks my return to the novel. It is as true, as bold and daring, as I know how to write'.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Transita
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1905175205
• ISBN 13: 9781905175208
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 352
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• Personne responsable: non disponible