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Venus as a Boy
Luke Sutherland
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Description for Venus as a Boy
Paperback. Luke Sutherland's extraordinary modern-day myth Num Pages: 164 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 186.
In a room in Soho, a man is turning gold. His flesh, his organs, even his beautiful eyes, are being transformed by some shocking human alchemy into precious deadly metal. And the path to this curious and frightening predicament has itself been filled with incredible moments. It began on South Ronaldsay amongst the singing seals and ancient ruins of Orkney. There a lad grew up with a rare gift for loving - something that proved much trickier than it sounds. He encountered misunderstanding, bullying, loss and heartbreak. And yet the physical heights he reached - and to which he brought ... Read more
In a room in Soho, a man is turning gold. His flesh, his organs, even his beautiful eyes, are being transformed by some shocking human alchemy into precious deadly metal. And the path to this curious and frightening predicament has itself been filled with incredible moments. It began on South Ronaldsay amongst the singing seals and ancient ruins of Orkney. There a lad grew up with a rare gift for loving - something that proved much trickier than it sounds. He encountered misunderstanding, bullying, loss and heartbreak. And yet the physical heights he reached - and to which he brought ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1900
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
164
Condition
New
Number of Pages
164
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780747569053
SKU
V9780747569053
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-2
About Luke Sutherland
Luke Sutherland is a writer and musician. He grew up in the Orkneys and now lives in London. He is the author of two other novels, Jelly Roll, which was shortlisted for the Whitbread First Novel Award, and Sweetmeat.
Reviews for Venus as a Boy
'From the start it glistens with teasing self-confidence, spinning a yarn that has you intrigued ... you end up hooked on the voice which leaves you stunned' Tom Adair, Scotsman 'What a strange and beautiful story this is. It is slight but packed with incident and feeling: raw and poetic, earthy and unearthly. The picaresque flourishes in Sutherland's everyday ... Read more