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> *ANN ABRAMS' MOBIUS*
>
> "This book is really funny, a bit shocking, but very funny. It captures
> the spirit of the age."
>
> "I am not sure if people are going to `get' what this book is about, is i=
t
> maybe a little too subtle, are people going to see what it is really abou=
t
> beneath the surface of the violent sexual fantasies and the slightly
> nauseating hipster dialogue?"
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> "It=E2=80=99s not often that mass market thrillers get highbrow, but read=
ers of
> Mobius, if they get past the early violent scenes, will find themselves
> deep in debate with feminism and Western philosophy. It is hard to tell
> what the purpose of this book is, a parody, a joke, a sincere commentary?=
"
>
> "Had I been asked a month ago whether a book dominated (ha) by
> sadomasochistic sex scenes, whose convoluted plot involves ritual murder,
> the lofty realms of academic philosophy and a smattering of anthropology,
> London in-jokes and Neanderthals could be a runaway success I would have
> laughed out loud."
>
> "Fifty Shades of Grey for grown ups. Darker and more disturbing with
> flashes of black humour."
>
> *Savvy Londoner Katherine Markham has drifted away from her Oxford PhD
> studies and begun to attend sex parties where the rich, beautiful, and
> bored play in perverse decadence. One night in Mayfair she meets newbie
> Nick, a marketing executive trying to escape his banal job and boring sex
> life. After a brief encounter in the pool, they are witness to sadistic
> ritual in which a young woman appears to be murdered.
>
> Alone afterwards, to Katherine the night before is a blur, but the
> appearance of a tattoo below her navel is the first of a series of strang=
e
> occurrences that lead her on a journey to piece together her past, presen=
t
> and future. Following the murder of Katherine's estranged boyfriend Zach
> she teams up with Nick in a quest that leads them through London's
> underworld, the indulgent world of the rich to the haughty spires of her
> former Oxford College. Through this dark adventure of twists and turns,
> Katherine explores the limits of identity and the body, and the meaning o=
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> love and betrayal. *
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<b>ANN ABRAMS' MOBIUS</b><br>
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"This book is really funny, a bit shocking, but very funny. It capture=
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spirit of the age."<br><br>"I am not sure if people are going to =
`get' what this book is about, is it maybe=20
a little too subtle, are people going to see what it is really about beneat=
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the surface of the violent sexual fantasies and the slightly nauseating hip=
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dialogue?"<br><br>"It=E2=80=99s not often that mass market thrill=
ers get=20
highbrow, but readers of Mobius, if they get past the early violent=20
scenes, will find themselves deep in debate with feminism and Western=20
philosophy. It is hard to tell what the purpose of this book is, a=20
parody, a joke, a sincere commentary?"<br>
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ook dominated (ha)=20
by sadomasochistic sex scenes, whose convoluted plot involves ritual murder=
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lofty realms of academic philosophy and a smattering of anthropology, Londo=
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in-jokes and Neanderthals could be a runaway success I would have laughed o=
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loud."</div><br>"Fifty Shades of Grey for grown ups. Darker and m=
ore disturbing with flashes of=20
black humour." <br><br><b>Savvy Londoner Katherine Markham has drifted=
away from=20
her Oxford PhD studies and begun to attend sex parties where the rich,=20
beautiful, and bored play in perverse decadence. One night in Mayfair she m=
eets=20
newbie Nick, a marketing executive trying to escape his banal job and borin=
g sex=20
life. After a brief encounter in the pool, they are witness to sadistic rit=
ual=20
in which a young woman appears to be murdered.<br><br>Alone afterwards, to=
=20
Katherine the night before is a blur, but the appearance of a tattoo=20
below her navel is the first of a series of strange occurrences that lead h=
er on=20
a journey to piece together her past, present and future. Following the mur=
der=20
of Katherine's estranged boyfriend Zach she teams up with Nick in a que=
st that=20
leads them through London's underworld, the indulgent world of the rich=
to the=20
haughty spires of her former Oxford College. Through this dark adventure of=
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twists and turns, Katherine explores the limits of identity and the body, a=
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the meaning of love and betrayal. </b><br>
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