I'm not exactly clamouring to read more of Tremain's writing straight away - I'm pretty sure my perception of humanity has been damaged enough for this month! Aramon lives in the formerly grand Lunel family home, Mas Lunel, which he has neglected due to alcoholism. They become afraid to share their feelings and passion as they once did, suspicious that Anthony is on the other side of the door or the wall listening to them. Starving and neglected hunting dogs, penned close to the ruined house, are symptomatic of the desperate squalor that has overcome Aramon, unable to come to terms with his disgusting past.

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I finally finished the book, it didn't really get any better, I'm just pleased I can get onto something else I might enjoy.After obtaining her English degree in 1967, author Tremain worked for some time in the British Printing Corporation.

Trespass - Rose Tremain

Her latest novel is The Gustav Sonata which sees Rose 'writing at the height of her inimitable powers' (Observer). I read this book aloud to the book-giver and I thought he enjoyed it, even if he fell asleep occasionally or made fun of my accent. and often, I'm right), I never lost interest in what would happen next, and mostly how the various protagonists would react and interact with one another.In this book, Tremain described the story of an aged butler, who lives a lonely life in the house that his former employers left him. It combines character study of damaged individuals with a mystery and was a story that I really wanted to read and know the outcome. Tremain's present-day story wittily revives Robert Louis Stevenson's fears: perhaps foreigners still have good reason to arm themselves when they venture into the wilds of the Cévenol. From the moment he arrives at the Mas Lunel, a frightening and unstoppable series of consequences is set in motion.