Bruiser (Five Star) Richard House Paperback - 218 pages (21 May, 2002) Serpent's Tail; ISBN: 1852427477

'Richard House's sad, beautifully crafted novel is a triumph of story telling. His engaging characters leave the reader both astonished and hopeful. Here is an amazing writer'
David Sedaris
'A study in tenderness and brutality... has a truth and raw poetry absent from the historical narratives occupying alt that premium display space in bookshops'
New Statesman
'A haunting and sensitively drawn portrait of ambivalent love. House is one to watch'
Newsday
'A sparse, melancholy, beautifully written book about the bruises life can inflict'
Peter Parker
'Its dark mood of self-examination, its deathly reticence and its dream-like progression all make for a very intimate and disturbing work of considerable bleak passion'
Independent
Haunting and lyrical, : is the story of a love between two men wary of emotional commitment. Adrian fends for himself as a waiter, boxer and hustler until he meets Paul, a lonely British expatriate old enough to be his father. Rejecting their lives in Chicago, they embark on a road trip to Brazil. On the journey, they both find that they cannot surrender to intimacy.
Shortlisted for the Ferro Lumley Award, Richard House's first novel is a sensual portrayal of lives lived on the margins.

Paperback, excellent condition