As Ira Butler moves into middle-age, he is driven to examine his sexuality and its obsessive hold on him. Reliving moments of intimacy with his past lovers, they become so real to him once more that he sometimes finds himself speaking through them, creating a narrative of sensuality and eroticism.
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Review:
'Three hundred and twenty nine pages of unflinching and lyrical sex. Nothing else’ -- Spectator
‘A profound, disturbing and important book’ -- Washington Post
‘Remarkable...the most painfully honest depiction of the male heart since Graham Greene’s The End of the Affair’ -- Esquire
About the Author:
Robert Olen Butler teaches creative writing at McNeese State University.
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- PublisherVintage
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 0099442582
- ISBN 13 9780099442585
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages336
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