Venus as a Boy (novella)

Venus as a Boy is a 2004 fiction novella by Scottish writer and musician Luke Sutherland, his third publication following two earlier novels, Jelly Roll (1998) and Sweetmeat (2002).[1]

Venus as a Boy
First edition
AuthorLuke Sutherland
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
GenreNovella
PublisherBloomsbury Publishing
Publication date
April 2004 (2004-04)
Media typePrint (Paperback)
ISBN0-7475-6905-3
OCLC57282918

It is set briefly in South Ronaldsay, Orkney, an island off the coast of Scotland though it is largely set in Soho, London. The author purports to tell the posthumous story of Désirée, who apparently was a clandestine peer of his growing up in South Ronadsay. Désirée's audio-recorded memoirs presented to the novel's author by Désirée's friend and confidant Pascal serve as the narrative throughout majority of the story.[2]

The novella draws on Sutherland's own childhood in the Orkney Islands.[3] Sutherland and his sister were the only Scots-Africans on South Ronaldsay, having been adopted by white parents.[3]

See also

References
  1. Ness, Patrick (5 April 2004). "He spent his life scattering his golden arrows". Daily Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  2. Arditti, M. (2004). Book review. In The Independent on Sunday, 21 April 2004. Online version of article
  3. O'Grady, Carrie (27 March 2004). "Review: Venus As a Boy by Luke Sutherland". the Guardian. Retrieved 2 February 2018.


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