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Forgotten Fitzgerald: Echoes of a Lost America

F. Scott Fitzgerald and Sarah Churchwell

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While F. Scott Fitzgerald was writing the novels we remember him for today, he was also publishing...

Breaking Light

Karin Altenberg

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Steeped in its bleak and beautiful landscape, Mortford is a place of secrets and memories: of bitter...

Foundation: The History of England: Volume 1

Peter Ackroyd

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Having written enthralling biographies of London and of its great river, the Thames, Peter Ackroyd...

The Chocolate Lady (94 KP) rated Christopher: A Tale of Seduction in Books

Oct 7, 2020

Burnett's debut novel introduces us to us a most interesting protagonist - B. K. Troop - a heavy set, less than aesthetic, aging homosexual man who becomes obsessed with the title character. Christopher is young, handsome, naive and painfully straight. Despite the seemingly hopeless situation, B.K. believes that he can still turn the boy into a conquest by taking advantage of his delicate situation. Christopher is a freshly divorced English teacher who has run away from the pain of losing his ex and suffering his overbearing mother has put him through, in order to write his long suppressed novel. Burnett takes us on a bumpy ride as the relationship develops and changes throughout the year 1984. This character-driven story pulls the reader in, as we start out disgusted and then fascinated by the workings of B.K's mind and his less than savory tactics to reach his goal. Burnett uses the flamboyance of his narrator's personality to embellish his prose with quips and high-brow remarks, making it not only an intelligent read, but one that sparkles with wit and humor.