In 1886 an architect called Richardson built a house on the South side of Chicago. In 1985 the Daily Mirror reported the death of Rock Hudson. Halfway through the century that falls between these dates a man who claims his name is Mr Page sits down by his gas-fire on a snowbound Christmas Eve and sets himself the task of explaining a story that connects these apparently unconnected events. Neil Bartlett's new novel spins a dark and erotic web of conjecture in the gaps of history. It takes its reader from the brittle glamour of the twenties into the violent repression of the fifties; from Mayfair dining rooms to the steam room of a gentlemen's Turkish Bath; from the ordinary world of Mr Page into the strange and unsettling world of the black-haired, well-dressed and immensely wealthy Mr Clive.
- ISBN10 1852425873
- ISBN13 9781852425876
- Publish Date 1 June 1998 (first published 15 April 1996)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 16 March 2017
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Serpent's Tail
- Edition Main
- Format Paperback
- Pages 216
- Language English