Taking A Fool To Paradise

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Henry Ditassio is a repressed clerk living a claustrophobic life. His repetitive, compulsive existence at A.G. Muir's office has left no room for prospects until he meets bored, narcissistic, manipulative Arb Ginghus whose obsession with Henry can only explode in a kind of madness. In this story of mad imagination and taut relationships, Valerie Kirwan puts popular wisdom and our concepts of time on its head. As Arb Ginghus says, If there is one thing I despise it is common sense for it will teach you nothing that is worth knowing; it is the obscure, the impractical, the impulsive which tells you what is what. Kirwan's mordant wit takes us on a journey where recollection and perception become confused, strangely echoing our own lives. A beautifully crafted, disarming novel.