Publication
Vintage (2012), Edition: Reprint, 320 pages
Collections
Awards
Lambda Literary Award (Finalist — 2013)
The Sunday Times Fiction Prize (Longlist — 2012)
Bisexual Book Award (Finalist — Fiction — 2012)
Historical Novel Society Editors' Choice (Literary)
Content and Summary Info
Bisexual Content: A main character (cisgender man) has/has had romantic and/or sexual relationships with people of more than one gender.
Publisher's Summary: Piet Barol has an instinctive appreciation for pleasure and a gift for finding it. When his mother dies, Piet applies for a job as tutor to the troubled son of Europe’s leading hotelier—a child who refuses to leave his family’s mansion on one of Amsterdam’s grandest canals. As Piet enters this glittering world, he learns its secrets and finds his life transformed.