About the Author

Paul Golding lives in London. This is his first novel.

Reviews

“Stunning, angrily intelligent. . . . Paul Golding [is] a writer to reckon with.” —The New York Times Book Review

“An astonishing, heart-rending tour de force.” —Pat Barker

“Beautiful and profane. . . . [Golding’s] brittle wisdom is difficult to dismiss.” —San Francisco Chronicle

“Stylish, clever, experimental, ambitious, urbane.” –Times Literary Supplement

Santiago Moore Zamora's life has been one of loneliness and isolation. Raised by nannies and deprived of love from his preoccupied and self-absorbed parents, he has his first taste of devotion as the nine-year-old lover of a young teacher at his English boarding school before graduating to an older rector. When the teachers' misdeeds come to light, the ensuing scandal nearly results in Iago's expulsion. Iago's slender bond with his parents is completely shattered; as the book ends, we see him still looking for love through a rent-boy he invites to his flat. Golding's undeniable gift for descriptive, florid language (often to convey some pretty distasteful things) may obscure the fact that at the core this is a pretty anemic mixture of schoolboys in disgrace with family soap opera on the sidelines. Though it is being hailed as an important new gay novel, gay men may well resent the simplistic situations and the novel's ineffectual hero. Buy according to demand.ÄMarc Kloszewski, Indiana Free Lib., PA Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.

"Stunning, angrily intelligent. . . . Paul Golding [is] a writer to reckon with." -The New York Times Book Review

"An astonishing, heart-rending tour de force." -Pat Barker

"Beautiful and profane. . . . [Golding's] brittle wisdom is difficult to dismiss." -San Francisco Chronicle

"Stylish, clever, experimental, ambitious, urbane." -Times Literary Supplement