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BOOK OF THE WEEK
In this novel Jacobson explores the nature of the erotic with a wicked twist. Felix, an antiquarian bookseller in London, wants to cuckold himself in order to save his marriage. He is a sophisticated, intelligent, proper English gentleman in all ways but one; he longs to see his wife Marisa in the arms of another man. When his masochistic matchmaking results in Marisa’s affair with a writer, Felix is both tortured and tickled; he obsesses over their interactions. Yet, he can never be satisfied unless he has Marisa to himself; he becomes increasingly jealous and conflicted over his wife’s affair. The book is mostly concerned with Felix’s sexual fetishism and remains reticent about the inner life of Marisa, who is meticulously described but barely allowed to speak. Jacobson conjures up a twisted, sophisticated love story, walking a thin line between humour and erotica. Jacobson's prose is sharp as ever, loaded with spiky dialogue and wonderfully arch observations.
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