Sebastian's Tangibles

By Anthea Ingham

Julian, professor in English Literature at Oxford University, is obsessed with the enigmatic life and death of Victorian poet Lord Melcourt and his unscrupulous lover Toto. When Julian falls for a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1902852451
• ISBN13: 9781902852454
• Release Date: July 2003
• Publisher: GMP
• Length: 325 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 1.0" x 5.0"

Customer Reviews

Oxford lecturer besotted

Dr Julian Collins is a lecturer at Oxford, obsessed with the life of Victorian poet Lord Melcroft and his lover Toto. When a beautiful amoral student named Sebastian Saloniere, apples for a place at Oxford Collins is smitten, and what follows is a tempestuous affair. Sebastian is also deeply interested in Morcroft and Toto, and as they pursue both their affair and the study of the Victorian poet, parallels between their respective lives become apparent. The characters are well drawn, and Sebastian is adorable, and not just physically. The story is imaginative with plenty of twists, and a few surprises.

An engaging and realistic read

Ingham does not bite off too much with the book, choosing to manage mainly two characters, and focusing on the paranoia of only one. She succeeds in weaving an engrossing tale that is believable, especially to one who's familiar with the setting of the book. Though if they ate in the Randolph, why not Le Manoir Des Quat' Saison? Loved the twist in the very end, though I thought that Sebastians outings were too well explained in the end. Not so nice when all the threads in a story come together. Considering how well she described a homosexual relationship, could not believe that the writer of this book is a mother with many children. Shows how small the borders of my world are.