History of a pleasure seeker
Subtitle: a novel
By: Richard Mason
Edition: 1st Vintage Books ed.
Publisher: Vintage Books
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 305
ISBN-13: 9780307949288
Subjects: Social conditions; Young men; Tutors and tutoring; Ocean travel; Fiction
Description: This opulent, romantic coming-of-age drama set at the height of Europe's belle e poque, is about a young man - Piet Barol - with an instinctive appreciation for pleasure and a gift for finding it. 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 Amsterdam's grandest canal. As the young man enters this glittering world, he learns its secrets - and soon finds his life transformed.