num_pages: 430
description: Forgive me but Im having some difficulty ascertaining exactly where magnetic north lies on your moral compass. London 177: Apprentice wig-maker Tom Dawnes dream is to complete his training marry his masters daughter and set up a shop of his own. Unfortunately for him when one of his greatest creations is used to play a cruel prank on a powerful gentleman Tom is dismissedand forced by fear of poverty and the need to clear his name to serve the very man whom he suspects set him up. Tom quickly realizes he has bitten off more than he can chew though as it turns out its not actually more than he desires. As Tom becomes less of a servant and more of a surrogate son his ambitions change and so do his pleasures until its no longer easy for Tom to tell if hes pulling the strings or trapped in a bizarre web of someone elses making. Matters become no clearer when Tom meets the mysterious professional libertines who seem to lurk at the center of all his troubles: a man willing to procure anything for anyone so long as it gives them pleasure and his obscure assistant whose past has been irretrievably lost. Some might even say it was stolen From British Fantasy and Wonderland Book Award nominee Molly Tanzer (Vermilion; A Pretty Mouth) comes a novel of despair and desire: The Pleasure Merchant; or The Modern Pygmalion equal parts psychological thriller and sensual parlor drama.
language: English
title: The Pleasure Merchant
publisher: Lazy Fascist Press