Triptych of a Young Wolf Tapa dura - 2008

Brighton: Book Guild Publishing, 2008. SIGNED BY AUTHOR to title page 'To Virginia, Every good wish from Penelope (Ann Allestree), November 2008'. (Ann Allestree is the pseudonym of the journalist Penelope Ann Craig). Nominated for the Literary Review's annual 'Bad Sex in Fiction Award' in 2008. It is the story of the wolf cub Louis-Loup, abandoned on the French Mediterranean island of Porquerolles, who is discovered by Madame Veuve, gardienne to the beautiful Comtesse de Beauclaire. Over one long, hot Provencal summer, Louis grows in strength and stature as a domestic drama of island life - all the desires, suspicions, jealousies and human folly - unfold around him. When the Comtesse arrives at her summer villa with her Moroccan lover Uqba in tow, the scene is set. A gripping tale of sex, savagery and survival from the author of 'Seize the Day', her acclaimed chronicles of 30 years of global wandering. 11. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.… Leer más