This Breathing World Book

Constructed as reflections of one another, this pair of playfully unsettling, wonderfully sensual thrillers explores the secrets of desire and the dark yearning to make history—and the drastic lengths some will go to in order to do so. Set in first-century Rome, the first tale tells of Mazuf, a homosexual scribe who is driven to kill. The second story, set in modern-day Boston, focuses on the sexual exploits of a Harvard student, eventually revealing that he, too, is a murderer. Carefully intertwining the two narratives of the young murderers, this novel ultimately begs the question Can actions change not just the future but, more compellingly, the past?

El Pais

Rare enjoyment ... beautifully written.