In Adoring Venus Alan Mackilligin, a recently bereaved professor at the University of St Andrews, where Prince William and Kate Middleton (now Duke and Duchess of Cambridge) met, and an authority on the portrayal of the nude female form in Greek sculpture, embarks on a passionate affair with an 18 year old student, with disastrous consequences. Probably the first mainstream contemporary novel to be set almost entirely in St Andrews, Adoring Venus explores the physical and emotional gap between the generations, and the poignancy of the ageing process.
'In Adoring Venus the two principal characters are beautifully and sympathetically drawn, as is the claustrophobic atmosphere of St Andrews, which is a character in its own right. It has, moreover, great narrative drive and raw emotional depth which so many novels lack these days.'
Alan Taylor, writer and critic.
About the author
The novelist, short story writer and poet Lorn Macintyre lives in the St Andrews area and is author of the successful St Andrews: Portrait of a City and Portrait of the East Neuk, with the photographer Peter Adamson. The author's website is at lornmacintyre.co.uk
Genre: Romance
'In Adoring Venus the two principal characters are beautifully and sympathetically drawn, as is the claustrophobic atmosphere of St Andrews, which is a character in its own right. It has, moreover, great narrative drive and raw emotional depth which so many novels lack these days.'
Alan Taylor, writer and critic.
About the author
The novelist, short story writer and poet Lorn Macintyre lives in the St Andrews area and is author of the successful St Andrews: Portrait of a City and Portrait of the East Neuk, with the photographer Peter Adamson. The author's website is at lornmacintyre.co.uk
Genre: Romance
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