The Pleasures of Men
by:
Kate Williams (author)
Book by Kate Williams
Book by Kate Williams
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780241951392 (0241951399)
Publish date: January 19th 2012
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 391
Edition language: English
Category:
European Literature,
British Literature,
Adult Fiction,
Historical Fiction,
Adult,
Mystery,
Thriller,
Crime,
Horror,
Suspense,
Gothic
This should have been a winner with me, a pre-Peeler Victorian murder mystery with an undercurrent of mental illness, this one was largely a miss for me. There were moments that worked, but overall it just wasn't me. Catherine Sorgeiul lives in Spitalfields with her Uncle. She is getting older an...
This should have been a winner with me, a pre-Peeler Victorian murder mystery with an undercurrent of mental illness, this one was largely a miss for me. There were moments that worked, but overall it just wasn't me.Catherine Sorgeiul lives in Spitalfields with her Uncle. She is getting older and ...
Kate Williams’ debut novel, The Pleasures of Men, is more than a murder mystery. While a serial killer preying on young girls in a downtrodden part of London is a key figure in the novel, it is as much about Catherine’s search for happiness, or at least a sense of acceptance, in a society that is ul...
2.5 stars. I wanted to like this a lot more than I did but the dry dialogue and bit of slow story kind of did it in for me on this one. The writing is extremely skilled and detailed and well researched, that's for sure. But I just couldn't connect with characters and I found it lacking in entertainm...
I love this review by blogger MADAME GUILLOTINE so I am unashamedly using it...I thank you."‘Catherine Sorgeiul lives with her Uncle in a rambling house in London’s East End. She has few companions and little to occupy the days beyond her own colourful imagination.But then a murderer strikes, rippin...
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