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"The bristling energy of Cacoyannis's text is its forte, helping it stand out from the crowd, with its tantalizing characters an undoubted highlight... Cacoyannis writes fluid, penetrating prose that ebbs and flows with his characters' passionate pursuits. It is at times crisp and forceful, at others soft and yielding." Publishers Weekly's BookLife Prize
36-year-old Londoner Harry is a successful but conflicted painter happily married to Max, a wealthy arts entrepreneur. For the last two years he has been meeting the mysterious Lina just for sex every Wednesday afternoon, behind Max's back. Because he adores his husband and has no feelings for Lina, Harry imagines that the affair is meaningless and does no harm. But then everything becomes upended when he and Lina are both chosen to be jurors in the same murder trial...
With a cast of characters that includes a homeless Czech man whose dream is to rewrite Kafka's Metamorphosis, the owner of a gallery that used to be a sex club, a documentarist fixated on Lolita, and an adorable songwriter with anatomical tattoos, The Fondling of Details tells the story of a (predominantly) gay artist's struggles with love, lust, and his art.
"Cacoyannis delivers an intricate, complex characterization in Harry, sifting his compulsion to continue meeting Lina against his devotion to Max -- an angle that adds delicious conflict to the story. Just as striking and dynamic is the development of Harry and Lina serving on the same jury together." Publishers Weekly's BookLife Prize
"THE FONDLING OF DETAILS is clear in its scenic evocation of London, its disdain for art and art criticism without humanity, and its sympathy for the confusion of everyday people struggling to understand themselves and each other." IndieReader
"a convincing and well-orchestrated storyline peppered with lust and intrigue... elegantly fused with a dynamic rhythm that mirrors the passionate affairs that occupy its central characters." Publishers Weekly's BookLife Prize
"readers will find themselves slowly becoming invested in what will happen to these disparate people -- who, after all, will wind up with who? Such questions keep the story alive and moving, all the way to its conclusion... A well-balanced drama about memorable lovers and their uncomfortable secrets." Kirkus Reviews
"Reading Cacoyannis is always a pleasure. There seems always to be the issue of finding out who one is at the core of the story, and he has an unerring talent for identifying universal dilemmas... The Fondling of Details is a beautiful novel, an unforgettable read." Casey Dorman's Writer's Blog
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