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Fiction guides; general: British and American

This day and age

Set in South Africa, this novel blends history, myth, fact, fiction and cliche. None of the conventional truths are left undisturbed, and if there is one dominant reality, it is that the competition for land and resources is the stuff of everlasting conflict.

Lust

Three women - all successful in their chosen careers - decide to spend a winter holiday together, separated from work and friends. To keep themselves entertained in the evenings, they begin to tell each other stories, a pastime which becomes a central feature of their relationship.In a quaint Austrian ski resort, things are not quite what they seem. Hermann, the manager of a paper mill, has decided that sexual gratification begins at home. Which means Gerti - his wife and property. Gerti is not asked how she feels about the use Hermann puts her to. She is a receptacle into which Hermann pours his juices, nastily, briefly, brutally. The long-suffering and battered Gerti thinks she has found her saviour and love in Michael, a student who rescues her after a day of vigorous use by her husband. But Michael is on his way up the Austrian political ladder, and he is, after all, a man.