History of a Pleasure Seeker

"Just try to resist.... A Continental Downton Abbey plus sex, with a dash of Dangerous Liaisons tossed in." --Seattle Times

Piet Barol has an instinctive appreciation for pleasure and a gift for finding it. When his mother dies, 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 one of Amsterdam's grandest canals. As Piet enters this glittering world, he learns its secrets and finds his life transformed.

A brilliantly written portrait of the senses, History of a Pleasure Seeker is an opulent, romantic coming-of-age drama set at the height of Europe's Belle Époque, written with a lightness of touch that is wholly modern and original.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 11/13/2012
ISBN: 9780307949288
Pages: 320
Weight: 0.54lbs
Size: 8.02h x 5.21w x 0.69d

Review Citations: New York Times Book Review 12/16/2012 pg. 32