Women on the Run Book Club w/ Iva - Businessmen as Lovers

Next up for 𝓦𝓸𝓶𝓮𝓷 𝓸𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓡𝓾𝓷 𝓑𝓸𝓸𝓴 𝓒𝓵𝓾𝓫 is Rosemary Tonks’ Businessmen as Lovers (1969). After publishing two poetry collections and six satirical novels,Tonk’s turned her back on the London literary scene—reportedly burning her own books & embarking on a spiritual quest.

Now back in print after decades of obscurity, this novel follows an eccentric cast of characters holidaying on a sunlit Italian island. Tonks probes the entanglements of desire, performance, and social artifice, all while sipping on a mid-afternoon aperitif.

꩜ The book is available at LSHB

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