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All I wanted was a great life. A fantastic life. A fairy tale life. A life completely free of broken glass, scolding and trouble. Without>> O ... hell \u0026lt;\u0026lt;-feeling. Was that because too much to ask?

Adrian Mayfield, no seventeen years old, loses his job as a shop boy in a menswear shop, and stands on the street without money, without a roof over their head. He first looks for shelter with his father, but of the aged actor and a drunkard, he can expect no help. And most of the homilies and truisms of his strict mother, he is afraid. For Andrian will not spend his life as a slave shop, what he would urge his mother determined. And what is there other ways for a boy like him? Plagued by hunger decides to Adrian, the customer of a men's fashion business to visit, Trops Augustus, who had given the boy during one of his purchases his card. This is a painter, and Adrian offers him to stand for a nice salary model. Trops introduces Adrian in the circle of Oscar Wilde, where he met the painter Vincent Farley, of Adrian will have one of his paintings as a model. Initially Adrian
can rent from the money he gets from Trops and Farley, a cheap room, so he has to eat at least a roof over your head and do something. But he dreams of it rather, a permanent member of Oscar Wild table to be, and belonging. As the holiday season begins and continue his 'friends' in the holidays, remains without Einkommesquellen Adrian back, and sees no other choice but to improve his lifestyle as a prostitute. For money he sells his body to men, at the time a dangerous business, and gets involved with people who have other Einkommesquellen. Panter . Oscar calls it Panter .

I always say that I have nothing left for love stories. And actually that's true too. Especially not when it comes to a inconsequential romance between a man and a woman walks. But this novel has it done to me. First, because it's not about the love between a man and a woman is, but between two men. And secondly, because it is more than just a love story. There is also a story about growing up and self-discovery. Exciting, informative, touching.
In itself, the novel is a rather trivial topic: are the love between a model and the painter, who come from different walks of life, and to make matters worse, even the two men. But the author manages it an exciting and stimulating reading experience to . Make The language of the story is told, is wonderful, in some places gradezu poetic. The characters are lively and lovely, though never perfect. Follow Adrian on its meanders through life, laughs and cries with him, hoping that at some point but he finds his happiness and his life takes no bad end.
The novel has much to offer drama, fathers who push their sons with their hatred to suicide, domestic servants, who in their spare time 'sodomites' beat up in dark alleys, extortionist ... And in between Adrian Mayfield in search of his fairytale life.

I really enjoyed the book, and It can hardly be expected to read the sequel. Even though I'm a little afraid that the story can really come to no good end. We all know how the story ended with Oscar Wilde and Bosie Douglas ...