Doubtful Partners - Softcover

Haylock, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1900850184 ISBN 13: 9781900850186

Publisher: Arcadia Books, 1998

Following the death of her husband, Barbara Lane travels from England to Thailand to settle his affairs - and learns that he had a male lover. In Tokyo, her daughter Sylvia has an affair with Toshi, a younger bank clerk. Back in London, Barbara becomes fascinated by Yuchi, a bisexual painter from Japan. And in Chiang Mai, her son Matthew discovers a girlish prostitute who is not what she seems. From then on, entangled relationships involve family and friends in a comedy of manners from Tokyo to London, Chiang Mai to Hove.

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Review:

"If there is one thing to bring out the candid in Haylock, it is the ins and outs of intimate intercourse" - The Times

About the Author:

From an early age John Haylock was fascinated with abroad, in particular the East. He believes that one cannot properly know a place until one has set up house there. He has lived in Baghdad, Tokyo, Cyprus, Cairo, Tangier and Chiang Mai. He is the author of over twenty books. Arcadia Books has published his autobiography, Eastern Exchange, plus the novels Doubtful Partners, Body of Contention, Loose Connections and his most recent Sex Gets In The Way in 2006.

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