88 Lines About 44 Women
By (Author) Steven Lang
Penguin Random House Australia
Viking Australia
31st August 2009
Australia
General
Fiction
823.4
272
Width 155mm, Height 230mm, Spine 20mm
364g
For a while Lawrence Martin had everything. He was the keyboard player in a successful rock band; he had money, his choice of women. It was all a long way from the British boarding school where he met Roly, the charismatic front man who lured him to Australia in the first place, and with whom he shared the song-writing. Only after it all went wrong did Lawrence learn they'd been sharing other things as well. Two decades on, living in the highlands of Scotland, he's again confronted with those turbulent years, and with the accident that changed everything. Wry, insightful, intelligent, 88 Lines About 44 Women traces the boundaries of shame and how it obstructs the capacity for love. Are all men emotionally disconnected Does true intimacy bring redemption, or is it the other way round
Steven Lang was born and raised in Scotland but has lived in Australia for nearly forty years. He is the author of several short stories and plays. His previous novel, An Accidental Terrorist, won both a Queensland Premier's award and the New South Wales Premier's Award for Best First Novel.