The Honeymoon
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- Synopsis
- A deeply observant and nuanced debut novel, Justin Haythe's The Honeymoon is set in London and Venice at the end of the twentieth century, told through the singular voice of a young man who looks back on events that have caused his life to unravel. Until the age of twenty-one, American-born Gordon Garraty hasn't reflected much on his unusual and peripatetic childhood, spent largely as the traveling companion of his eccentric mother, Maureen. A self-proclaimed art historian, Maureen has devoted her life to traveling around Europe as she compiles her lifetime's work--an art guide to Europe "in the nineteenth-century tradition." Only after meeting and marrying Annie, several years his senior and the daughter of a North London cabdriver, does Gordon begin to emerge from the sphere of his mother's influence. Over the course of a year in London, Gordon and Annie construct for themselves an idea of married life, into which Maureen's restless spirit occasionally intrudes. Accompanied by Maureen and her bibulous Swiss fiance, Gerhardt, Annie and Gordon finally take their long-delayed honeymoon to Venice, where they are instantly seduced by the world's most unlikely city. Yet the brilliance of Venice seems to distort rather than illuminate, and the story gathers a palpable intensity before a single act of absurd but devastating violence pricks their happy bubble and lays bare the emptiness at the core of their gilted lives Beautifully crafted, gently funn, and genuinely surprising, Justin Haythe remarkably assured debut will astound readers with it's deadon depiction of the dangers of desultory and privileged llives
- Copyright:
- 2004
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 269 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780871139146
- Publisher:
- N/A
- Date of Addition:
- 09/02/04
- Copyrighted By:
- Justin Haythe
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction
- Submitted By:
- earl schwab
- Proofread By:
- Vicente Llanes
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.