Nick Taussig’s first novel is a powerful tale of sexual restlessness and need, a deconstruction of that indefinable concept we call love. Taussig’s bold and uncompromising style reflects the raw sexual needs of his characters as they rage against conventional notions of monogamy and fidelity.
Jack Stoltz is a rather shy, intense and introspective man who develops a passionate desire for Catherine Ramirez, who is physically and mentally his opposite. Theirs is an intense and obsessive love, which is dangerously self-destructive in its all-consuming design. When at last their love is realised, it exists as a delicate and fragile entity, constantly threatened by its own excess and their own deeply buried but explosive anxieties.
Set against a stark background of neo-Dickensian London, the novel delves deep into the human mind to explore what moulds the different characters’ psyches and beliefs. And consequently, the reader is compelled to question his or her own.
Released by Revolver Books on July 25th, price £14.99
