Adrian is introduced into the flamboyant circle of Oscar Wilde and finds work as an artist’s model.īut when London’s beau monde decamps to Europe for the summer holidays Adrian ends up without any income. It’s not a scenario that the street-hardened lad could have envisaged: a wealthy older gentleman falls in love with him and takes him home. However, a different career lies in store for him. Summary: Adrian Mayfield is born in the poor East End of Victorian London, the son of a pub landlord and a seamstress. Part 1: Schijnbewegingen by Floortje Zwigtman (Tricks Of The Trade*) I give the original Dutch novels a 9/10 (Target audience is 14+/Young Adults) I'm also curious how you feel about the translation. I would love to know what you think of it and if you are intrigued enough to want more. Provided below is a link to download an english excerpt of the first book. To accompany my new icon, I am pimping The Green Flower Trilogy by Floortje Zwigtman.
I will probably be fiddling with the look a little more this weekend:) In the mean time you are invited to decorate this place with bookreviews! Zwigtman is one of the great modern writers of books for young adults.Look at my shiny new book-icon! I also changed the background of the community. The raw, breathtaking writing of this sharp, historical portrait really makes the reader think about life. This is a result of Zwigtman’s unique ability to combine critical distance with open intimacy. It draws the reader in without resorting to cheap sensationalism. Tricks of the Trade is an intense book that is difficult to put down. Then he faces the choice of whether to put his integrity and his friendships on the line so that he doesn’t have to live in a mouldy, cockroach-infested garret. In a male brothel he discovers the flip side of his new life in the twofaced London of the nineteenth century, where gossip, blackmail and brutal police violence make homosexuality a highly dangerous way of life. Until, that is, London’s beau monde decamps to Europe for the summer holidays, as happens every year.Īdrian, by now accustomed to luxury, ends up without any income.
Everything appears to be going swimmingly. The work pays well and he meets the most interesting and powerful people of his time.Īdrian is very pleased with his new life at first. He introduces Adrian to the flamboyant circle of Oscar Wilde, where he meets other men like Augustus and finds work as an artist’s model. The man is Augustus Trops, a second-rate artist from Flanders. Adrian Mayfield is born in the poor East End of Victorian London, the son of a pub landlord and a seamstress. Tricks of the Trade is Zwigtman’s best novel to date.
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