History of a Pleasure Seeker History of a Pleasure Seeker

History of a Pleasure Seeker

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Publisher Description

“Just try to resist.... A Continental Downton Abbey plus sex, with a dash of Dangerous Liaisons tossed in.” —Seattle Times

Piet Barol has an instinctive appreciation for pleasure and a gift for finding it. When his mother dies, Piet applies for a job as tutor to the troubled son of Europe's leading hotelier—a child who refuses to leave his family’s mansion on one of Amsterdam’s grandest canals. As Piet enters this glittering world, he learns its secrets and finds his life transformed.
 
A brilliantly written portrait of the senses, History of a Pleasure Seeker is an opulent, romantic coming-of-age drama set at the height of Europe’s Belle Époque, written with a lightness of touch that is wholly modern and original.

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
RELEASED
2012
February 7
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
288
Pages
PUBLISHER
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
SELLER
Penguin Random House LLC
SIZE
6.8
MB

Customer Reviews

Zanla Warrior ,

History of a Pleasure Seeker is a fantastic read!!!!

I am a 50 year old heterosexual American guy whose reading preferences are normally geared toward anything dealing with current events, and military special forces. I ended up reading a review of this book in the Herald Tribune while on a flight from Karachi. I found this book to be an extraordinary work. It was an exceptionally well written story and even erotic. It was also engaging to the imagination. The vocabulary used was very interesting. In just about every ten pages my vocabulary was substantially enhanced. It is worth buying and reading during a long flight.

streisandlover ,

Disappointed

As a gay man I was pretty impressed with the fact that "Gay" characters were included in this book. they all come off as a bit perverted and either stalking types or hopelessly saddened by unrequited love, but hey, at least they're in the book! Otherwise, I kept expecting things to happen that never ended up happening or praying things didn't happen that DID! By the last chapter I was just reading very fast waiting for it to end, which sadly it kind of never did end. I finished the book with a sigh of relief and a longing for the money I used to buy this never ending story refunded to my iTunes account.

Opinions Inc ,

History of a pleasure seeker

What a fascinating read. I can recommend this to all who love reading a real story. Seductive characters and beautiful prose wrapped up in an beguiling storyline - and more to come.

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