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The Victoria System is Eric Reinhardt''s novel of sex, power, capitalism and deception.br>br>LONGLISTED FOR THE IMPAC DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD.br>br>SHORTLISTED FOR THE PRIX RENAUDOT, THE PRIX GONCOURT AND THE GRAND PRIX DU ROMAN DE L''ACADEMIE FRANCAISEbr>br>David Kolski is overseeing the construction of the largest tower in Paris. A highly stressful job with numerous complications, it keeps him from his wife and children. Then, by chance, he encounters Victoria de Winter.br>br>Victoria is a ruthless high-flyer who knows what she wants and always gets it. She shows David a luxurious life of decadence and desire, and together they explore the limits of who they are and what they want.br>br>At the same time, David finds he is more driven at work. He seems to be a better, more complete man. Yet he has doubts. What kind of dark, a-moral world is Victoria leading him into? Can he really trust her? Can he even trust his own perceptions any more - or is the intense pressure turning him paranoid?br>br>And should you, the reader, trust his account?br>br>''Erotic, raw, violent and vertiginous . . . We often accuse French writers of navel-gazing and ignoring the world around them, but Eric Reinhardt is one of those who gives the lie to this cliche'' Emmanuel Carrere, author of Limonovbr>br>''Bold, arresting, accomplished, complex, sensual, sexual, intriguing, heady'' Le Mondebr>br>''An ambitious and tragic novel which weaves together sex, power games and imagination. An ultracontemporary anti-fairy tale'' Les Inrocktiblesbr>br>''Finally, a sexy book by someone who appears to have had sex'' Dazed and Confused>
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David Kolski is overseeing the construction of the largest tower in Paris. A highly stressful job with numerous complications, it keeps him from his wife and children. Then, by chance, he encounters Victoria de Winter. Victoria is a ruthless high-flyer who knows what she wants and always gets it.
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Erotic, raw, violent and vertiginous . . . We often accuse French writers of navel-gazing and ignoring the world around them, but Eric Reinhardt is one of those who gives the lie to this cliché Emmanuel Carrère, author of Limonov
