White Goddess, The

An Encounter

By: Simon Gough

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Paperback | 12 June 2014 | Edition Number 2

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When 10-year-old Simon Gough went to Majorca in 1953 he thought he had landed in paradise. Far from the misery of his English boarding school and his parents' divorce, he fell in love - with the tiny village of Deya, with his wild cousin Juan and most of all with his beloved 'Grand-Uncle' Robert. When he returned in 1960, paradise had been overrun by beatniks and marijuana - and Simon liked it all the more. But soon he fell for the enchanting Margot Callas, Robert Graves' muse. He found himself entangled in a web of lies and deceit and playing a game whose rules he didn't understand. The repercussions would haunt him for the rest of his life.

Industry Reviews

"Extraordinary... a dangerous,mythic tale of love and worship". Libby Purves, BBC Radio 4 "An unsparing account of a golden summer and a world torn apart" The Guardian "Impassioned, with all the intensive drama a youthful affair entails. A tender, Observant record" The Observer "A book that reads at a gallop, with real joy in the descriptions... Gough makes the case for poets as necessary lightning rods for our passions" The Independent "Gorgeous, preposterous and captivating... Gough is Thomas Mann-like in his ability to pull you in" The TLS

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