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Exploring the complexities of changing one's mind, Julian Barnes delves into how our perceptions shift regarding politics, literature, and personal memories. He examines the belief that such transformations signify growth and maturity, challenging the notion that change always leads to improvement. Through engaging essays, Barnes invites readers to reflect on the nature of belief and the factors that influence our evolving perspectives on various aspects of life.

The Sunday Times Bestseller from the Winner of the Booker Prize She will change the way you see the world . . . 'I'll remember Elizabeth Finch when most other characters I've met this year have faded' The Times Elizabeth Finch was a teacher, a thinker, an inspiration. Neil is just one of many who fell under her spell during his time in her class. Tasked with unpacking her notebooks after her death, Neil encounters once again Elizabeth's astonishing ideas on the past and on how to make sense of the present. But Elizabeth was much more than a scholar. Her secrets are waiting to be revealed . . . and will change Neil's view of the world forever. 'Enthralling . . . A connoisseur and master of irony himself, [Barnes] fills this book with instances of its exhilarating power' Sunday Times 'A lyrical, thoughtful and intriguing exploration of love, grief and the collective myths of history' Booklist

Adámek s otcom pozorujú lastovičky, ktoré odlietajú na druhý koniec sveta. Mohol by som sa dostať taky tak ďaleko, až budem veľký? pýta sa Adámek. Určite, a možno aj ďalej, hovorí otec. Ale čo keď padne noc, čo keď sa zdvihne veľký vietor? Čo keď sa stratím alebo sa budem cítiť osamelý? Jedna za druhou poodhaľujú Adámková otázky obavy z neznámej cesty, ktoré my dospelí hovoríme život. Otecko Adamov strach netlmí. Vysvetľuje, svojimi slovami mu dodáva odvahu a sebadôveru, aby sa nebál objavovať svet, aby hľadal krásu všade a vo všetkom, aby svoju loďku riadil po svojom a práve takou rýchlosťou, aká mu bude vyhovovať. Tatínkovy odpovede upokojujú, oslobodzujú a predovšetkým uisťujú chlapčeka o otcovom ničím neohrozene láske. Rovnako ako u Mám ťa rada a Mám ťa rád sestrička, jednoduché ilustrácie perfektne sprevádzajú silný, dojemný a pozitívne vzkaz deťom i dospelým. V úvode knihy sú opäť pripravené prázdne riadky, do ktorých môžu oteckovia napísať svojmu dieťaťu venovanie.

Een schrijfster van romantische verhalen onttrekt zich op het allerlaatste moment aan een rijk verstandshuwelijk.

The updated edition of Julian Barnes' best-loved writing on art, with seven new exquisite illustrated essays'Flaubert believed that it was impossible to explain one art form in terms of another, and that great paintings required no words of explanation.

Grandios erzählte Kunstgeschichten von Julian Barnes – in einer um sieben Essays erweiterten Taschenbuchausgabe. Ein Buch voller Kunstgeschichten: über Maler und ihre Exzentrik, über ihre Modelle, Musen, Bilder und Eskapaden. Ein Buch für Kenner und Laien gleichermaßen mit Texten über Delacroix, Courbet, Manet, Cézanne, Degas bis zu Lucian Freud. Mit der Malerei befasste sich Julian Barnes bereits in seinem berühmten Buch »Eine Geschichte der Welt in 10 ½ Kapiteln«, in dem er zum Beispiel Géricaults Bild »Das Floß der Medusa« und die grausame Geschichte des Schiffsbruchs beschrieb. Auch dieses Buch ist voller Geschichten. Über die Künstler und ihre Exzentrik, über die Modelle und deren oftmals kompliziertes Verhältnis zu ihren Malern, über Autoren, die sich mit den Malern beschäftigen. Durch Julian Barnes’ Kenntnisreichtum und durch sein Wissen um menschliche Schwächen und Laster entsteht eine Art erzählende Kunstgeschichte – lehrreich, unterhaltsam und überaus erhellend, und das nicht nur für Kunstkenner, sondern auch für Menschen, die nicht viel über Kunst wissen.

"Originally published in hardcover in Great Britain in slightly different form by Johnathan Cape, ... London, in 2019"--Copyright page.

Лауреат Букеровской премии Джулиан Барнс — один из самых ярких и оригинальных прозаиков современной Британии, автор таких международных бестселлеров, как «Шум времени», «Предчувствие конца», «Артур и Джордж», «История мира в 10½ главах», «Попугай Флобера» и многих других. Своим первым опытом в жанре эссе об искусстве Джулиан Барнс называет главу нашумевшего романа-антиутопии «История мира в 10½ главах» (1989), посвященную картине Теодора Жерико «Гибель плота Медузы». Именно поэтому, уже как самостоятельное произведение, в сборнике «Открой глаза» она оказывается первой из семнадцати увлекательных коротких историй о художниках и их работах, приглашающих читателя проследить путь изобразительного искусства от начала XIX века до современности. В этих эссе есть все, что традиционно присуще прозе Барнса: великолепное чувство стиля, виртуозное равновесие едкой иронии и утонченного лиризма, сарказма на грани цинизма и веселого озорства. Но еще, это собрание тонких, остроумных и, порой, неожиданных наблюдений, дарящих не только литературное удовольствие, но и богатую пищу для ума.

When it comes to death, is there ever a best case scenario? In this disarmingly witty book, Julian Barnes confronts our unending obsession with the end. He reflects on what it means to miss God, whether death can be good for our careers and why we eventually turn into our parents. Barnes is the perfect guide to the weirdness of the only thing that binds us all.Selected from the book Nothing to be Frightened Ofby Julian BarnesVINTAGE MINIS- GREAT MINDS. BIG IDEAS. LITTLE BOOKS.A series of short books by the world's greatest writers on the experiences that make us humanAlso in the Vintage Minis series-Calmby Tim ParksDrinkingby John CheeverBabiesby Anne EnrightPsychedelics by Aldous Huxley

Eind jaren dertig staat een jonge man - aanstormende componist, toegewijde huisvader - met een ingepakt koffertje bij de lift van een flatgebouw in Leningrad. Hij wacht er de hele nacht, nachtenlang, in de overtuiging dat hij opgepakt zal worden en afgevoerd naar het Grote Huis. Geen enkele beroemdheid die hij in de afgelopen tien jaar heeft ontmoet, kan hem nu helpen. En weinig mensen die naar het Grote Huis worden afgevoerd, komen ooit terug. Aldus begint de eerste roman van Julian Barnes sinds zijn met de Man Booker Prize bekroonde Alsof het voorbij is. Een verhaal over de botsing tussen Kunst en Macht, en de compromissen die een kunstenaar moet aangaan om zijn stempel op de wereld te drukken - dit allemaal aan de hand van de fictionele biografie van een van de grootste componisten van de twintigste eeuw, Dmitri Sjostakovitsj. Het tumult van de tijd is Barnes' meest diepgaande werk tot nu toe, het werk van een literaire grootmeester.

Julian Barnes heeft kunst en literatuur zelf moeten ontdekken, en dat gebeurde pas op latere leeftijd. Op een dag bezocht hij het Musée Gustave Moreau, zonder precies te weten wie de schilder was, en werd getroffen door zijn ongewone, weelderige werk. De mystiek van de schilderijen in combinatie met het feit dat hij een `eigen ontdekking¿ had gedaan, zette hem in vuur en vlam. Julian Barnes weet hoe kunst je hart kan veroveren en hoe dat op de lezer over te brengen. Hij neemt de lezer mee op ontdekkingsreis langs de romantiek, het realisme naar zijn favoriete stroming, het modernisme. Gepassioneerd en uitnodigend leert hij ons het werk kennen van grote schilders als Delacroix, Courbet, Manet, Cézanne, Degas, Redon, Bonnard, Magritte, Howard Hodgkin en Lucian Freud.

'You put together two things that have not been put together before. And the world is changed...' Julian Barnes's new book is about ballooning, photography, love and grief; about putting two things, and two people, together, and about tearing them apart. One of the judges who awarded him the 2011 Man Booker Prize described him as 'an unparalleled magus of the heart'. This book confirms that opinion.

In these seventeen essays (and one short story) the 2011 Man Booker Prize winner examines British, French and American writers who have meant most to him, as well as the cross-currents and overlappings of their different cultures. From the deceptiveness of Penelope Fitzgerald to the directness of Hemingway, from Kipling's view of France to the French view of Kipling, from the many translations of Madame Bovary to the fabulations of Ford Madox Ford, from the National Treasure Status of George Orwell to the despair of Michel Houellebecq, Julian Barnes considers what fiction is, and what it can do. As he writes in his preface, 'Novels tell us the most truth about life: what it is, how we live it, what it might be for, how we enjoy and value it, and how we lose it.' When his Letters from London came out in 1995, the Financial Times called him 'our best essayist'. This wise and deft collection confirms that judgment.

From the bestselling, Booker Prize-winning author of The Sense of an Ending and one of Britain’s greatest writers: a brilliant collection of essays on the books and authors that have meant the most to him throughout his illustrious career. • "[A] blissfully intelligent gathering of literary essays." —Financial Times In these seventeen essays (plus a short story and a special preface, “A Life with Books”), Julian Barnes examines the British, French and American writers who have shaped his writing, as well as the cross-currents and overlappings of their different cultures. From the deceptiveness of Penelope Fitzgerald to the directness of Hemingway, from Kipling’s view of France to the French view of Kipling, from the many translations of Madame Bovary to the fabulations of Ford Madox Ford, from the National Treasure status of George Orwell to the despair of Michel Houellebecq, Julian Barnes considers what fiction is, and what it can do. As he writes, “Novels tell us the most truth about life: what it is, how we live it, what it might be for, how we enjoy and value it, and how we lose it.”

A collection of stories, in which a divorcee falls in love with a mysterious European waitress, a widower relives a favourite holiday, two writers rehearse familiar arguments, and, a couple bond, fall out and bond again over flowers and vegetable patches.

De tijd heeft Tony Webster ingehaald: op een dag is hij een man van middelbare leeftijd, die met weemoed op zijn schooljaren terugkijkt. Hij heeft vriendschappen gehad, een carrière en een huwelijk, een makkelijke scheiding. Hij heeft zeker nooit geprobeerd iemand pijn te doen. Het geheugen is echter niet perfect. Het kan altijd verrassen, zoals een brief van een advocaat zal bewijzen.

Begin jaren zestig. In een saaie voorstad van Londen brengt de negentienjarige student Paul de zomermaanden door in zijn ouderlijk huis. Op aanraden van zijn moeder schrijft hij zich in bij de plaatselijke tennisclub. Tijdens een toernooi ontmoet hij Susan: achtenveertig jaar oud, zelfverzekerd, ironisch, overdonderend. Susan is getrouwd, met twee volwassen dochters. Paul en Susan worden elkaars geliefden. In Het enige verhaal kijkt Paul jaren later terug op de zomer die zijn leven voorgoed veranderde, op het begin van hun liefde, op de daaropvolgende jaren samen en hoe dit leven uiteindelijk, heel langzaam, ontrafelde.

A brilliant, discursive, very funny book about death and the fear of death, god, nature, nurture and the author s childhood. The closest thing to a memoir Barnes will ever write.

As boys, George, the son of a Midlands vicar, and Arthur, living in shabby genteel Edinburgh, find themselves in a vast and complex world at the heart of the British Empire. Years later - one struggling with his identity in a world hostile to his ancestry, the other creating the world’s most famous detective while in love with a woman who is not his wife - their fates become inextricably connected.

Winner of the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2011 From the hairdessing salon where an old man measures out his life in haircuts, to the concert hall where a music lover carries out an obsessive campaign against those who cough in concerts; from the woman who reads elaborate recipes to her sick husband as a substitute for sex, to the woman 'incarcerated' in an old people's home beginning a correspondence with an author that enriches both their lives - all Barnes' characters, in their different ways, square up to death and rage against the dying light.

The Pedant in the Kitchen is a perfect comfort for anyone who has ever been defeated by a cookbook. The Pedant's ambition is simple. He wants to cook tasty, nutritious food; he wants not to poison his friends; and he wants to expand, slowly and with pleasure, his culinary repertoire

As Julian Barnes notes in his introduction to Alphonse Daudet’s La Doulou, the writer, who lived from 1840 to 1897, was once celebrated as a leading literary figure. Henry James referred to him as “the happiest novelist” and “the most charming story-teller” of his time. However, Daudet was also part of a tragic group of nineteenth-century French writers afflicted by syphilis. In the Land of Pain—notes toward an unwritten book—Daudet offers a poignant response to his illness. With quick, incisive strokes, he details his symptoms, describing pain as a “one-man-band” and his treatments as “morphine nights” filled with sleeplessness and existential void. He reflects on his fears, seeking meaning in pain and urging it to be his philosophy and science. Daudet shares observations of fellow patients at spas, noting the cultural contrasts in their experiences, and he contemplates the deceptive nature of death, which seems to merely thin out life. Barnes’s translation captures the essence of these notes, creating a record that is both shattering and lighthearted, haunting yet beguiling. This work reveals the dual nature of physical suffering—its banality and transformative power—while celebrating the complex resilience of the human spirit.

A collection of essays on France from Julian Barnes. Written over a 20 year period, the topics Barnes covers range from landscape to literature, food to Flaubert, film and song to the Tour de France.

Flaubert's Parrot, Julian Barnes's breakthrough book—shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1984—is the story of Geoffrey Braithwaite, a retired doctor who is obsessed with the French author and with tracking down a stuffed parrot that once inspired him. Barnes playfully combines a literary detective story with a character study of its detective, embedded in a brilliant riff on literary genius. A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters is a mix of fictional and historical narratives of voyage and discovery—ranging from a woodworm's perspective on Noah's ark to a survivor from the sinking of the Titanic—that question our ideas of history.

Ideal: Vollkommen überflüssig. Ideologen: Alle Journalisten sind es. Ideologien: Verachten! Aber warum? Keine Ahnung. Ilias: Stets gefolgt von der Odyssee. Illusionen: Vorgeben, einen ganzen Haufen gehabt zu haben. Bedauern, sie alle verloren zu haben.§§Als Buchhalter des Konversations-Schwachsinns notiert Flaubert das Reiz-Reaktionsschema gesellschaftlichen Smalltalks mit nimmermüder Akribie. In seinem Wörterbuch präsentiert er Gemeinplätze, Platitüden, Klischees und Vorurteile, als wolle er sie zu täglichem Gebrauch empfehlen. Und auch wenn der Autor dabei sein eigenes Jahrhundert im Visier hatte - sein Wörterbuch liest sich zu großen Teilen, als würde sich Flaubert noch heute auf Cocktailpartys und Presseempfängen herumtreiben.

Booker Prize Finalist "Wickedly funny." --The New York Times Imagine an England where all the pubs are quaint, where the Windsors behave themselves (mostly), where the cliffs of Dover are actually white, and where Robin Hood and his merry men really are merry. This is precisely what visionary tycoon, Sir Jack Pitman, seeks to accomplish on the Isle of Wight, a "destination" where tourists can find replicas of Big Ben (half size), Princess Di's grave, and even Harrod's (conveniently located inside the tower of London). Martha Cochrane, hired as one of Sir Jack's resident "no-people," ably assists him in realizing his dream. But when this land of make-believe gradually gets horribly and hilariously out of hand, Martha develops her own vision of the perfect England. Julian Barnes delights us with a novel that is at once a philosophical inquiry, a burst of mischief, and a moving elegy about authenticity and nationality.

Quando le cronache ufficiali descrissero l’impresa di Noè, sorvolarono su una serie di episodi poco edificanti che, se fossero stati rivelati, avrebbero potuto ridimensionare il valore mitico dell’epopea. Nessuno, però, sapeva che un animaletto, salito a bordo da clandestino, era stato testimone di quei retroscena non proprio eroici, e aveva deciso di raccontarli. Come si conclusero i processi ecclesiastici celebrati nella Francia medievale contro quei tarli accusati di avere rosicchiato gli arredi sacri? Che cosa capitò a Spike Tiggler, l’astronauta che, dopo aver portato un pallone sulla luna, svelò il mistero del Monte Ararat? E quale fine fece l’unicorno che godeva di cosí tante attenzioni da parte della moglie di Noè? Rimbalzando di continuo tra epoche e situazioni diverse, Julian Barnes ripercorre le grandezze e le follie dell’umanità, lanciando una sfida ambiziosa alla fantasia del lettore: immaginare un mondo completamente nuovo.

Nick Duffy, einst Polizist der Sittenpolizei, hat sich nach Gerüchten über sein Sexualleben in den privaten Sicherheitsdienst gewandert. Er ist vertraut mit Londons zwielichtigen Angeboten und der ideale Mann für moralisch fragwürdige Fälle. In einem ersten Fall wird Duffy von einem dubiosen Geschäftsmann engagiert, der von einem der gefährlichsten Verbrecherbosse der Stadt erpresst wird. Duffy muss sich durch das Untergrundmilieu von Soho kämpfen, das von Prostituierten, Pornomogulen und Gangstern geprägt ist. In einem weiteren Fall haben die Frachtdiebe am Flughafen Heathrow ein Problem: Jemand stiehlt mehr als seinen Anteil. Die Gangster benötigen einen Privatdetektiv, und der heruntergekommene Duffy nimmt die Herausforderung an. Zusätzlich wird Duffy von einer Drittligamannschaft engagiert, die mit ungewöhnlich vielen Verletzungen zu kämpfen hat. Der Trainer beauftragt ihn, herauszufinden, wer das Team absichtlich schädigt, und Duffy sieht sich leidenschaftlichen Fans und harten Skinheads gegenüber. Schließlich wird Duffy als Sicherheitsberater zu einem Landhaus gerufen, um den Vorfall mit dem Hund des Besitzers zu klären. Bei seiner Ankunft findet er Braunscombe Hall voller exzentrischer Gäste, die alle verdächtig erscheinen.

From the winner of the 2011 Man Booker Prize for Fiction comes an enthralling set of short stories. from the last days of a reclusive English composer, the beef consuming 'navvies' labouring on the Paris-Rouen railway to a lonely woman mourning the death of her brother on the battlefields of the Somme.

Since 1990 Julian Barnes has written a regular ‘Letter from London’ for the New Yorker magazine. These already celebrated pieces cover subjects as diverse as the Lloyd’s insurance disaster, the rise and fall of Margaret Thatcher, the troubles of the Royal Family and the hapless Nigel Short in his battle with Gary Kasparov in the 1993 World Chess Finals. With an incisive assessment of Salman Rushdie’s plight and an analysis of the implications of being linked to the Continent via the Channel Tunnel, Letters from London provides a vivid and telling portrait of Britain in the Nineties.

Everyone knows a bit of petty theft goes on in the freight business at Heathrow - it is fiddle city, after all. But things have gone beyond a joke for Roy Hendrick and he suspects someone who works for him is helping themselves to more than they should. That's when he sets Duffy on the case. A bisexual ex-policeman, Duffy runs a struggling security firm, has an obsessive attitude to cleanliness and can often be found propping up the bar at the Alligator. Duffy agrees to work for Hendrick and goes undercover to try and root out the culprit. But things aren't all they're cracked up to be. What's the story behind the imperious HR manager Mrs Boseley with her permanently frosty demeanour? And is Hendrick really as honest as he claims to be? Duffy's up to his neck in it.

In his latest novel, Julian Barnes, author of Talking It Over and A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters , trains his laser-bright prose on the collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe. Stoyo Petkanov, the deposed Party leader, is placed on trial for crimes that range from corruption to political murder. Petkanov's guilt -- and the righteousness of his opponents -- would seem to be self-evident. But, as brilliantly imagined by Barnes, the trial of this cunning and unrepentant dictator illuminates the shadowy frontier between the rusted myths of the Communist past and a capitalist future in which everything is up for grabs.

Beginning with an unlikely stowaway's account of life on board Noah's Ark, A History of the World in 10½ Chapters presents a surprising, subversive, fictional history of earth told from several kaleidoscopic perspectives. Noah disembarks from his ark but he and his Voyage are not forgotten: they are revisited in on other centuries and other climes - by a Victorian spinster mourning her father, by an American astronaut on an obsessive personal mission. We journey to the Titanic, to the Amazon, to the raft of the Medusa , and to an ecclesiastical court in medieval France where a bizarre case is about to begin... This is no ordinary history, but something stranger, a challenge and a delight for the reader's imagination. Ambitious yet accessible, witty and playfully serious, this is the work of a brilliant novelist.

There used to be two sides to every story. Now there are three.... In Talking It Over Gillian and Stuart were married until Oliver - witty, feckless Oliver - stole Gillian away. In Love, etc Jillian Barnes revisits the three of them, using the same intimate technique of allowing the characters to speak directly to the reader, to whisper their secrets, to argue for their version of the truth. Darker and deeper than its predecessor, Love, etc is a compelling exploration of contemporary love and its betrayals. 'The triange of deeply believable characters and the story of betrayal and revenge are so engrossing that you almost fail to notice the usual Barnesian fusillade of wit and brilliance' John Carey, Sunday Times 'The real wonder of this book is its apparent simplicity, its apparent slowness, the exactness and delicacy of its observations, the absolute fitness of the form for the story. Of its kind - and i still dont dare to say what kind that might be - it's perfect' Susannah Herbert, Daily Telegraph 'This wonderfully entertaining novel... A work as skilled and satisfying as this can be nothing other than affirming: Barnes' delicate balance between laughter and despair lifts his entertainment into art' Erica Wagner, The Times

Funny, ironic, erudite, surprising, and not afraid to take a dive overboard into the depths of sorrow and loss. My novel of the year' Nadime Gordimer

Beginning with an unlikely stowaway's account of life on board Noah's Ark, A History of the World in 10½ Chapters presents a surprising, subversive, fictional history of earth told from several kaleidoscopic perspectives. Noah disembarks from his ark but he and his Voyage are not forgotten: they are revisited in on other centuries and other climes - by a Victorian spinster mourning her father, by an American astronaut on an obsessive personal mission. We journey to the Titanic, to the Amazon, to the raft of the Medusa , and to an ecclesiastical court in medieval France where a bizarre case is about to begin... This is no ordinary history, but something stranger, a challenge and a delight for the reader's imagination. Ambitious yet accessible, witty and playfully serious, this is the work of a brilliant novelist.

I cannot remember when I enjoyed a first novel more' Daily Telegraph

Graham was an he was meant to be an expert on the past. But there were aspects of it, he discovered, that couldn’t be subdued, that simply carried on, lively and painful, as if they were the present. He began to mind. He minded very much indeed. While those around him look on – with concern, with contempt, with amusement – Graham’s meticulous passion gradually begins to run out of control. Julian Barnes presents an unnerving version of sexual jealousy and shows it to be not just living, but reasonable, ordinary, funny, dangerous and consuming.

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Dan Kavanaghs dritter Roman mit Duffy. Diesmal untersucht Duffy die problematische Welt des englischen Fußballs in der dritten Liga und sieht sich gleichzeitig Fragen zu seiner möglichen Begegnung mit AIDS gegenüber.

Bi-sexual ex-cop, Duffy, investigates a murder at a large country house belonging to a shady acquaintance from his past.

Dan Kavanagh's third novel featuring Duffy. This time Duffy investigates the troubled world of England's Third Division football while also facing questions of his possible encounter with AIDS.

Als meisje, in haar huwelijk en door haar leven met haar zoon ontdekt een vrouw dat zij van de mannenwereld geen goede antwoorden krijgt op de levensvragen.

Barnes's prize-winning novel has charmed readers since its first publication in 1984 - 'A tour de force' Germaine Greer; 'A book to revel in' Joseph Heller; 'A delight' John Fowles; 'An intricate and delightful novel' Graham Greene - and has become a classic. Our narrator is Geoffrey Braithwaite, a retired doctor with a passion for Flaubert. As he leads us on an investigative trip through France and through the past, we are offered a glimpse of the writer who so fascinates him. At the same time the layers of Braithwaite's own past are peeled away to reveal someone infinitely more troubled than he first seemed.

In the grimy underbelly of London, private detective Duffy takes on an extortion case and finds himself pitted against one of the city’s most dangerous crime lords Rosie McKechnie was alone when the two men entered her home, tied her to a chair, and cut her with a switchblade. It was a message for her husband, Brian. To outside appearances, Brian McKechnie is just a businessman. But to Big Eddy Martoff, London’s underworld kingpin, McKechnie is a big fat mark. With a history of crooked business deals and extramarital affairs, McKechnie is the perfect target. To beat back the blackmail, McKechnie needs someone who understands lowlifes like Martoff—and Nick Duffy knows lowlifes. Duffy was a copper until four years ago, when malicious rumors about his sex life ripped through the force. Now he is in private security, and McKechnie’s case is one he cannot refuse. Duffy, no stranger to his city’s seedier offerings, dives into a world of prostitutes, hoods, and porn moguls. Can he find a way to put the pinch on Big Eddy before Soho swallows him whole?