Adp: 5 books

Witty, funny, and highly observant, Voyages takes us across the Atlantic in the company of Miles, a seasoned traveller, a Countess recouperating from illness, a failed poet, and a host of other juicy characters, who all seem to think of Miles as a bit of a 'catch'. Will they net him, or will he be...

A chance encounter while swimming off the beach at Brighton, England results in frustration for Oliver as he longs for love. Funny and touching, Oliver visits Brighton Beach one hot summer's day with his best friend, and while swimming, meets Martin, a handsome man his own age. They get on,...

Lyrical, tender and sexually exhilarating, The Marble Boy is a record of a man's journey through the Mediterranean. Real and imaginary, Edmund tries to come to terms with lost love. When Edmund Payne ran from an unfulfilling marriage and a job as an art school teacher to tour the rich and...

A boy yearns for recognition from his father, but then soon realizes he is nothing like the kind of man he wants himself to be. On a boat off the coast of Devon, a boy waits with his father’s new wife as all the men, friends on one of their diving holidays, all descend to the depths. Rachel...

Reminiscences by a famous artist's son to a fatherless student are clouded when each has to confront the consequences of their past. Illuminating, and tender, this is a story of a young student student of art history, Andrew Ashton, who makes a long trek to a Greek island to visit Ben Burgess,...