Book description
>As a small child, Gilver is a precocious talent. At ten, he has
worked out the connection between the possession of artistic skill and
the granting of sexual favours. By the time he is twenty-eight he is
fabulously rich, with the world, especially women, at his feet.
Life becomes so accommodating that he forgets to bother doing the thing
that brought him his fame. Year after year it seems to make no
difference to his success. Then within the space of a few short weeks,
his money dries up, his house burns down and drink becomes his new best friend.
Suddenly Gilver is ready and desperate to swap his reputation for
redemption. The question is where to find it? In sweet, caring, besotted
Alice, Gilver might have his answer. But Alice s best friend Juliette is
equally caught up in the painter, and the dark secret she holds
threatens to destroy him...
Reminiscent of a young Beryl Bainbridge or Muriel Spark, The Edge of Pleasure
is a stylish first novel from a wonderful writing talent.>
>As a small child, Gilver is a precocious talent. At ten, he has
worked out the connection between the possession of artistic skill and
the granting of sexual favours. By the time he is twenty-eight he is
fabulously rich, with the world, especially women, at his feet.
Life becomes so accommodating that he forgets to bother doing the thing
that brought him his fame. Year after year it seems to make no
difference to his success. Then within the space of a few short weeks,
his money dries up, his house burns down and drink becomes his new best friend.
Suddenly Gilver is ready and desperate to swap his reputation for
redemption. The question is where to find it? In sweet, caring, besotted
Alice, Gilver might have his answer. But Alice s best friend Juliette is
equally caught up in the painter, and the dark secret she holds
threatens to destroy him...
Reminiscent of a young Beryl Bainbridge or Muriel Spark, The Edge of Pleasure
is a stylish first novel from a wonderful writing talent.>
