Relative Successes - A. L. Barker - Books - Faber & Faber - 9780571256174 - April 15, 2011
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Relative Successes

A. L. Barker

Relative Successes

An awkward and solitary boy at school, James Jessel is surprised to find himself befriended by the impetuous, self-assured Waldo Klein, and bemused by Waldo's invitation to spend the holidays with him and his mother (a 'ravishing beauty', warns Waldo) in the south of France.

On the Klein's ramshackle farm in the hills of Provence, Jessel experiences the single most important event - or sensation - of his life. The voluptuous and sensual Mrs Klein is a creature whose sexuality and presence leaves Jessel dumbfounded. He is entranced, and senses a magic he has never known before.

When, many years later, Waldo disappears leaving no clue to his whereabouts, Jessel's ordered world is overturned once more. If he is ever to know magic again, he must find Waldo, and so he returns to France to confront his past - and, indeed, his future.

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released April 15, 2011
ISBN13 9780571256174
Publishers Faber & Faber
Pages 198
Dimensions 135 × 216 × 14 mm   ·   277 g
Language English  

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