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Adoring Venus

Lorn Macintyre

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Description:In Adoring Venus Alan Mackilligin, a recently bereaved professor at the University of St. Andrews, where Prince William and Kate Middleton (now Duke and Duchess of Cambridge) met, and an authority on the portrayal of the nude female form in Greek sculpture, embarks on a passionate affair with an 18 year old student, with disastrous consequences. Probably the first mainstream contemporary novel to be set almost entirely in St. Andrews, Adoring Venus explores the physical and emotional gap between the generations, and the poignancy of the ageing process.'In Adoring Venus the two principal characters are beautifully and sympathetically drawn, as is the claustrophobic atmosphere of St Andrews, which is a character in its own right. It has, moreover, great narrative drive and raw emotional depth which so many novels lack these days.’Alan Taylor, writer and critic.The novelist, short story writer and poet Lorn Macintyre lives in the St Andrews area and is author of the successful St. Andrews: Portrait of a City and Portrait of the East Neuk, with the photographer Peter Adamson. The author’s website is at lornmacintyre.co.ukWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Adoring Venus. To get started finding Adoring Venus, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: In Adoring Venus Alan Mackilligin, a recently bereaved professor at the University of St. Andrews, where Prince William and Kate Middleton (now Duke and Duchess of Cambridge) met, and an authority on the portrayal of the nude female form in Greek sculpture, embarks on a passionate affair with an 18 year old student, with disastrous consequences. Probably the first mainstream contemporary novel to be set almost entirely in St. Andrews, Adoring Venus explores the physical and emotional gap between the generations, and the poignancy of the ageing process.'In Adoring Venus the two principal characters are beautifully and sympathetically drawn, as is the claustrophobic atmosphere of St Andrews, which is a character in its own right. It has, moreover, great narrative drive and raw emotional depth which so many novels lack these days.’Alan Taylor, writer and critic.The novelist, short story writer and poet Lorn Macintyre lives in the St Andrews area and is author of the successful St. Andrews: Portrait of a City and Portrait of the East Neuk, with the photographer Peter Adamson. The author’s website is at lornmacintyre.co.ukWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Adoring Venus. To get started finding Adoring Venus, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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