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THE TRYST
A dark and sensual urban fable Angela Carter meets Anaïs Nin, with a touch of Hitchcock thrown in
A hot June Sunday night in London the night of the summer solstice. After a claustrophobically quiet weekend, a couple agree to meet a friend for a drink in a north London pub, but get much, much more than they bargained for when they meet petite, sexy, mysterious Lila as well. She has a mesmerising effect on the men, and Jane is horrified but also fascinated. At closing time Jane impulsively invites Lila home for another drink, thus beginning a startling chain of events, and unleashing raw and powerful forces that will change all their lives for ever.
A raw, powerful and provocative read, suspenseful and sexy, but light years away from FIFTY SHADES. THE TRYST works on many levels as an intelligent dissection of a relationship in crisis, an eerie fable with hints of Angela Carter, and a searing exploration of sexuality on par with Anaïs Nin.
Winner: OCM Bocas Prize 2013; Shortlisted: Costa Book Awards 2014; Orion Book Awards 2014; Encore Prize 2011; Orange Prize 2010
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Monique Roffey is an award-winning novelist. Her most recent novel HOUSE OF ASHES (Scribner UK) received widespread praise and was shortlisted for the Costa and the BOCAS Prize. Archipelago, winner of the OCM BOCAS prize for Caribbean Literature, was published by Scribner in the UK, Viking in the US, and translated into 5 languages. Her second novel THE WHITE WOMAN ON THE GREEN BICYCLE was shortlisted for the Orange Prize and the Encore Prize, among other accolades.
A raw, powerful and provocative read, suspenseful and sexy, but light years away from FIFTY SHADES. THE TRYST works on many levels as an intelligent dissection of a relationship in crisis, an eerie fable with hints of Angela Carter, and a searing exploration of sexuality on par with Anaïs Nin.
Winner: OCM Bocas Prize 2013; Shortlisted: Costa Book Awards 2014; Orion Book Awards 2014; Encore Prize 2011; Orange Prize 2010
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Monique Roffey is an award-winning novelist. Her most recent novel HOUSE OF ASHES (Scribner UK) received widespread praise and was shortlisted for the Costa and the BOCAS Prize. Archipelago, winner of the OCM BOCAS prize for Caribbean Literature, was published by Scribner in the UK, Viking in the US, and translated into 5 languages. Her second novel THE WHITE WOMAN ON THE GREEN BICYCLE was shortlisted for the Orange Prize and the Encore Prize, among other accolades.
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