The First Day in Paradise

By Stuart Walton

The First Day in Paradise tells the story of a young orphaned family who have been passed on from one set of relations to another, and whose eldest sibling, Adam, becomes enthralled by the impending opening nearby of a gigantic and beautiful shopping-mall by a flamboyant entrepreneur. To the consternation of his aunt and uncle, who run a small business, he joins the staff of one of its stores, and begins a dizzying ascent through the ranks, until circumstances induce him to question whether his entire value-system has become corrupted. Functioning both as social-economic critique, and as a personal moral fable about the conjuration of ambition from present-day consumer culture, The First Day in Paradise is an engrossing and layered tale loosely modelled on Dante's Paradiso, but most of all it's simply a great read.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1785352350
• ISBN13: 9781785352355
• Release Date: February 2016
• Publisher: Roundfire Books
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.6" x 8.4"