History of a Pleasure Seeker by Richard Mason
The astounding success of Richard Mason's first novel,
The Drowning People, led people to proclaim him as the king of hot young writers. Over ten years later Mason's innate writing talent is on display again with his fifth novel,
History of a Pleasure Seeker. The book tells the tale of Piet Barol, a handsome, gifted young man who is seeking a fortune during the Belle Epoque period in Amsterdam. Piet, as the title indicates, has a habit of finding pleasure, a task that isn't hard for a man with exquisite charm. Through his experiences, the reader is transported into a new realm, which Mason brilliantly develops, and illuminates.
History of a Pleasure Seeker, by Richard Mason
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