Premiering at the Literary Salon we have Neil Blackmore’s wildly seductive new novel. Raised in isolation, Edgar and Benjamin Bowen have lived a cloistered life. But now they’re on a Grand European Tour to improve their station in the world they’re discovering that climbing the social hierarchy is not without its perils.

If you liked The Talented Mr Ripley, you’ll love The Intoxicating Mr Lavelle, an eighteenth century love story between Benjamin and Horace Lavelle – a man whose cruelty is only matched by his beauty and charisma. In a time and place where ‘mollies’ and all sorts of outsiders are feared and persecuted, Mr Lavelle is refreshingly unashamed which inspires and eventually ensnares the impressionable Benjamin. 

The Intoxicating Mr Lavelle is published in the UK by Hutchinson on 13th August 2020 and is available from all good bookshops.

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