Afternoon of a Faun — James Lasdun

“Slippery, provoking and very timely.” -- Wall Street Journal

When an old flame accuses him of sexual assault, expat English journalist Marco Rosedale is brought rapidly to the brink of ruin. Marco confides in a close friend, the unnamed narrator, who finds himself caught between the obligations of friendship and an increasingly urgent desire to uncover the truth -- until the question of his own complicity becomes impossible to avoid.