Afternoon of a Faun - by James Lasdun (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"Slippery, provoking and very timely." --<em>Wall Street Journal</em><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>When an old flame accuses him of sexual assault, expat English journalist Marco Rosedale is brought rapidly to the brink of ruin. Marco confides in a close friend, the unnamed narrator, who finds himself caught between the obligations of friendship and an increasingly urgent desire to uncover the truth--until the question of his own complicity becomes impossible to avoid.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><em>Afternoon of a Faun</em> has a propulsive energy.... The denouement, when it arrives, is shocking.--William Skidelsky "Financial Times"<br><br><em>Afternoon of a Faun</em> is a highly conscientious novel, elegant in its execution and almost humble in its refusal to grandstand, or to turn a story about rape allegations into some didactic allegory.--Josephine Livingstone "New Republic"<br><br>[A] brilliant new novel of the #MeToo era.--Roger Cohen "New York Times"<br><br>[A] thought-provoking psychological thriller.... This novel comes to a brilliantly ironic conclusion that will leave readers reeling.-- "Publishers Weekly"<br><br>An instant masterpiece that brings the taut psychological precision of a Chekhov story to a hyper-modern, post-#MeToo setting.--Johanna Thomas-Corr "Observer"<br><br>Each time we feel that we can definitively decide where to put our sympathies, the story jostles and unbalances us with new insights.--Marcel Theroux "Guardian"<br><br>James Lasdun is my favourite 'should be famous' writer, his work extraordinarily taut and compelling.... Lasdun expertly demonstrates how inner moral structure is often built on the scaffolding of tenuous and arbitrary rules and self-justification. The complexity of male friendship is also wryly assessed.... Enthralling.--Leyla Sanai "Spectator"<br><br>Lasdun's writing spreads implication like condensed flavor crystals that dissolve in water. By the end of the novel, he has examined every corner of the narrator's conflicted psyche... without once resorting to cliché.--Katy Waldman "The New Yorker"<br><br>Timely.... A well-drawn portrait of two flawed but highly articulate Englishmen in New York.--Patrick McGrath "New York Times Book Review"<br><br>Expertly orchestrated and engaging.... Of the novels to come out of the #MeToo moment to date, none is more riveting, insightful, and unsettling.--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)<br>
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