โ Scribed by Richard Mason
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From the acclaimed author of The Drowning People ("A literary sensation" --The New York Times Book Review) and Natural Elements ("A magnum opus" --The New Yorker), an opulent, romantic coming-of-age drama set at the height of Europe's belle รฉpoque, written in the grand tradition with a lightness of touch that is wholly modern and original.
The novel opens in Amsterdam at the turn of the last century. It moves to New York at the time of the 1907 financial crisis and proceeds onboard a luxury liner headed for Cape Town.
It is about a young man--Piet Barol--with an instinctive appreciation for pleasure and a gift for finding it. Piet's father is an austere administrator at Holland's oldest university. His mother, a singing teacher, has died--but not before giving him a thorough grounding in the arts of charm.
Piet applies for a job as tutor to the troubled son of Europe's leading hotelier: a child who refuses to...
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