THE VICTORIA SYSTEM IBD

Sinopse

The Victoria System is Eric Reinhardt?s novel of sex power capitalism and deception.LONGLISTED FOR THE IMPAC DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD.SHORTLISTED FOR THE PRIX RENAUDOT THE PRIX GONCOURT AND THE GRAND PRIX DU ROMAN DE L?ACADEMIE FRANCAISEDavid Kolski is overseeing the construction of the largest tower in Paris. A highly stressful job with numerous complications it keeps him from his wife and children. Then by chance he encounters Victoria de Winter.Victoria is a ruthless high-flyer who knows what she wants and always gets it. She shows David a luxurious life of decadence and desire and together they explore the limits of who they are and what they want.At the same time David finds he is more driven at work. He seems to be a better more complete man. Yet he has doubts. What kind of dark a-moral world is Victoria leading him into? Can he really trust her? Can he even trust his own perceptions any more - or is the intense pressure turning him paranoid?And should you the reader trust his account??Erotic raw violent and vertiginous . . . We often accuse French writers of navel-gazing and ignoring the world around them but Eric Reinhardt is one of those who gives the lie to this clich ? Emmanuel Carr re author of Limonov?Bold arresting accomplished complex sensual sexual intriguing heady? Le Monde?An ambitious and tragic novel which weaves together sex power games and imagination. An ultracontemporary anti-fairy tale? Les Inrocktibles?Finally a sexy book by someone who appears to have had sex? Dazed and Confused