De Fontein (3) Victorian (4) Victorian England (3) Victorian Era (3) Vienna (3) ya (4) young adult (6) Young Adult book (8) youth (8) Zwigtman (4) Top Members Zwigtman is one of the great modern writers of books for young adults.&bibliotheek (3) (mm) (3) + 14 (4) 19th century (17) 2016 (4) boarding school (4) book (3) coming of age (3) coming out (5) Dutch (6) ebook (3) ecat2 (3) Een groene bloem (3) England (3) Entwicklungsroman (3) fiction (8) gay (9) gay interest (3) Great Britain (3) hardcover (3) historical fiction (7) historical novel (12) Historischer Jugendroman (3) history (14) homosexuality (25) Jugendbuchreihe (3) Jugendbücher (3) lgbtq (7) lit with boys (3) London (21) love (4) novel (3) Oscar Wilde (12) poverty (3) prostitution (3) read (4) Roman (6) roman - homoseksualiteit (3) romantic (3) to-read (4) uitg. The raw, breathtaking writing of this sharp, historical portrait really makes the reader think about life. This is a result of Zwigtman’s unique ability to combine critical distance with open intimacy. It draws the reader in without resorting to cheap sensationalism. Tricks of the Trade is an intense book that is difficult to put down. Then he faces the choice of whether to put his integrity and his friendships on the line so that he doesn’t have to live in a mouldy, cockroach-infested garret.
In a male brothel he discovers the flip side of his new life in the twofaced London of the nineteenth century, where gossip, blackmail and brutal police violence make homosexuality a highly dangerous way of life. Until, that is, London’s beau monde decamps to Europe for the summer holidays, as happens every year.Īdrian, by now accustomed to luxury, ends up without any income. Everything appears to be going swimmingly. The work pays well and he meets the most interesting and powerful people of his time.Īdrian is very pleased with his new life at first. He introduces Adrian to the flamboyant circle of Oscar Wilde, where he meets other men like Augustus and finds work as an artist’s model. The man is Augustus Trops, a second-rate artist from Flanders. It’s not a scenario that the street-hardened lad could have envisaged: a wealthy older gentleman falls in love with him and takes him home. However, a different career lies in store for him. Adrian Mayfield is born in the poor East End of Victorian London, the son of a pub landlord and a seamstress. Tricks of the Trade is Zwigtman’s best novel to date.
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