Absolutes

<p><strong>Read this. Right now. --Brandon Taylor</strong></p><p><strong>Molly Dektar can write like hell. [<em>The Absolutes</em>] is simply ravishing. </strong><strong>--</strong><strong>Melissa Febos</strong></p><p><strong>For fans of Emma Cline and Garth Greenwell an arresting seductive novel about one woman's headlong dive into a reckless affair that leaves her teetering on the edge of sanity. </strong></p><p><em>In truth the idea of evil didn't worry me at all. There were all these checks on it of romance and restraint. In such a context evil was intriguing.</em></p><p>When Nora a withdrawn American teenager is sent to live with relatives in Turin she meets Nicola the enigmatic son of the most powerful aristocratic family in Italy.</p><p>Years later the two reconnect in New York and begin a heated affair. Propelled by disorienting desire Nora quickly becomes entangled in Nicola's insular menacing world of old-world luxury and family secrets. When she suspects she's being used in a secret plot to overthrow his corrupt father Nora willfully turns submissive to Nicola pushing against the boundaries of her own moral limits until she finds herself spiraling on a path of self-destruction.</p><p><em>The Absolutes </em>is searing subversive examination of manipulation obsession and sexual desire. With unsparing intrigue and ferocity Dektar proves herself to be one of the most ambitious writers working today.</p>