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Whistlejacket

John Hawkes

1988194 pagesabout 3–4 hours
1988
first published
  • 1988Weidenfeld & Nicolson · 194 pages · ENGISBN 9781555840495
  • 1989Collier Books · 194 pages · ENGISBN 9780020435914
  • 1989Secker & Warburg · 194 pages · ENGISBN 9780436198366
  • 1997Dalkey Archive Press · 194 pages · ENGISBN 9781564781765
  • 1940Random House Inc (T)ISBN 9789998596498

While investigating his mentor's life and death, Michael, a voyeuristic fashion photographer, travels through a Dionysian landscape where sex is daydream, women and horses share the same erotic power, and perversity is the rule. In his search, Michael uses photographs and paintings to visualize the past and thereby expose a family's decadent legacy of sex, lies, and betrayal.

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