History of a Pleasure Seeker

Username or e-mail: Password: Join the Community Forgot Your Password? History of a Pleasure Seeker By Richard Mason (Vintage, Paperback, 9780307949288, 320pp.) Publication Date: November 13, 2012 Other Editions of This Title: Google eBook, Hardcover, Hardcover, , Paperback, Paperback, Hardcover Categories: Sagas, Historical - General, Literary Buy online from an indie bookstore Find an indie bookstore near you Link to this Book Selected by Indie Booksellers for the February 2012 Indie Next List “Set in Amsterdam during the Belle Epoque, History of a Pleasure Seeker follows Piet Bartol, the poor but cultured young tutor to a wealthy Dutch family. Piet is determined to drink life to the fullest, and this ambition alters not only his own life, but also the lives of those around him. Skillfully and evocatively rendered, this novel feels like its own guilty pleasure, redolent of lazy afternoons and late night liaisons.” -- Stesha Brandon, University Book Store, Seattle, WA Description 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.