Busy Being Born charts the rise and fall of a young graduate working in the sex trade. Read wide-eyed as Lady Trocknell introduces our hero to the pleasures of service, recoil at the antics of a bevy of bankers, and share in the sorrow of his eventual fall from grace. Humanity is laid bare and dissected in this extraordinary, fictionalised autobiography where intellect, compassion, and outrageous flights of fantasy somehow work together to create literary magic.
Set in 1980s London, each chapter recreates another episode in the author's journey through the dark underbelly of human desire. However, the portrayal of sex, while real and true, is also all analogy: a visceral means of recounting other societal excesses like the rise of money to Godlike status.
Clever, provocative, and resilient, Busy Being Born is a living gauntlet where the reader is as likely to laugh as to cry.
| ISBN: | 9781835740323 |
| Publication date: | 28th September 2024 |
| Author: | Laurence Seidler |
| Publisher: | The Book Guild Publishing an imprint of Troubador Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 320 pages |
| Genres: |
Memoirs Biographical fiction / autobiographical fiction Erotic Fiction Humorous Fiction |
Busy Being Born is unlike any book I have ever read. This book in unforgettable
I have just put down this extraordinary book and feel compelled to join a couple book forums to write a review. Busy Being Born is unlike any book I have ever read. Laugh-out-loud funny, filthy, tender, compassionate and insightful, the writing has clarity and beauty. Expect to be taken by the scruff of your neck and dragged far from your comfort zone in this no-holds barred romp through the underbelly of human desire by an author who I can only describe as Dickens on Drugs.... Read Full Review
Whatever your opinion about this book might be, you cannot be indifferent about it. The book takes you through the entire spectrum of what human life has to offer and confronts you with beauty and the beast, both inhabitants of your own self.
Whatever your opinion about this book might be, you cannot be indifferent about it. The book takes you through the entire spectrum of what human life has to offer and confronts you with beauty and the beast, both inhabitants of your own self. You learn essential lessons. You find necessary truths. The reality of life is not to be found in the veneer and glossy paint. It is not represented by the shiny gift box society likes to offer it in. The content of life is finding the balance in manoeuvring that inner power between destruction and creation. It is rough. It is hard. But so rewarding when one turns inwardly, working that power, keeping it away from excesses.... Read Full Review
Absolutely loved Busy Being Born.... Philosophy, erotica, comedy all woven tightly together creating something that is hard to put down.
This book is not for the prudish or feint hearted. It makes 50 Shades of Grey look like a kindergarten novel. But its so much more than just sex. Busy Being Born is an extremely insightful commentary on the human race, from our deep desires and excesses to the really scary stuff...love!
Complex, intelligent but very easy to read.... Read Full Review