Actos desesperados

The young narrator of this provocative novel will meet a magnetic writer named Ciaran and will fall, against common sense, completely under his influence. After a brief, all-consuming romance, he abruptly rejects her, sending her plummeting into an obsession rife with jealousy and insecurities. If he ever decides to return to her, he has vowed that she will cling to him and her love again at all costs, even if it ends up destroying her. Part breathless confession, part lucid critique, Desperate Acts makes consciousness torn between rebellion and submission, between escaping degradation and eroticizing it, between loving and being loved, while questioning the nature of fantasy, desire and power, challenging us to honestly acknowledge our own insatiability.