Circle of Deceit
Why does a respectable former Professor of English, happily married to a faithful wife for 35 years, suddenly at the age of 71 have an affair with a 54-year-old local Scots woman? He meets her while attending church in his local Church of Scotland-after he had delivered part of the sermon. She is an alcoholic and had come to the church slightly tipsy, seeking help, lavishly made up and wearing a revealing outfit showing a lot of cleavage. The novel is a slice of life that affords an insight into the resourceful and rationalising minds of the habitual 'sinner' and the recovering alcoholic-minds to which hiding the truth, re-inventing the truth or justifying lies comes all too easily. 'Thinking on one's feet' and a ready recourse to deceit are ingrained survival strategies, if not automatic instincts of the alcoholic mind.aFollow me.a She led him up the winding stairs in the corner of the hallway. She took him into her bedroom which was immaculate, a double bed neatly made and two knotty pine wardrobes at the far end. There was a chest of drawers with ananbsp;...
| Title | : | Circle of Deceit |
| Author | : | Callum Gunn |
| Publisher | : | Lulu.com - 2015-04-09 |
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