Thomas, A Secret Life
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Thomas, A Secret Life

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Thomas, A Secret Life

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Writer, lover, spy: Life is nowhere near as good or as easy as Thomas Pichon imagined it would be.Set in early-18th-century France, Thomas: A Secret Life is the imagined life of Thomas Pichon. We first meet Thomas as a twelve-year old in the small town of Vire, Normandy. Precociously sensuous by nature, Thomas is inclined to poetry and religious/erotic imaginings. A series of adolescent adventures provide striking background to his character. Rejecting parental insistence that he become a priest, Thomas steals away to Paris in the middle of the night. There, nearly broke, Thomas works as a lowly office clerk, joins the ranks of aspiring French writers and makes extra money serving as a part-time spy for the police of Paris. But his careers advance too slowly for his liking, and he finds himself taking regular comfort and release in prostitutes' stalls. A rendezvous with a high-class courtesan brings a new possibility and Thomas plots a future in which he can have his cake and eat it too.

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Publisher
Cape Breton University Press
Year
2012
ISBN
9781897009895
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Historical Fiction
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Copyright Notice
  3. Title Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Epigraph
  6. I
  7. II
  8. III
  9. IV
  10. V
  11. VI
  12. Acknowledgements and a Few Notes
  13. Previous books by A.J.B. Johnston