2012 Longlist
The Lessons
ABOUT
THE BOOK
In The Lessons a close-knit group of friends forms at Oxford around the mercurial, charismatic figure of Mark, whose rackety trust-fund upbringing has left him as troubled and dangerously unpredictable as he is wildly promiscuous. After graduation the group fragments, each locked in his or her own suddenly adult, pedestrian world. But Mark’s influence is still strong… (from Publisher)
NOMINATING LIBRARY COMMENTS
A cosy, chic and old-fashioned atmosphere and a very good psychological analysis of her characters. Behind the characters’ smooth mask of a face, lurks a hidden perversity.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Country
United Kingdom
Original Language
English
Publisher
Viking
Nominating Library