Nick Taussig was born in 1973. He lives in London. He studied literature and philosophy at the University of Durham, where he obtained a First, then went on to acquire a Master's in Russian literature from the University of London. Love and Mayhem was his first novel. He has co-written a feature film called Just Left of Heaven, which is due to star Peter Mullan. His second novel, Don Don, will be published in February 2007. He is currently working on his third, Yahya.
The novel, Love and Mayhem, tells the story of the love affair between Jack Stoltz and Catherine Ramirez. A rather shy, intense and introspective man, his desire for her is strong and abrupt. She, his opposite, is wild, sensual and mercurial.
Theirs is an obsessive love, ardent and intense while dangerously self-destructive in its all-consuming design. When at last their love is realised, it exists as a delicate and fragile entity, constantly threatening to be consumed by its own intensity and their own deeply buried but explosive anxieties.
Jack's encounter with a destitute and desperate stranger - a man who believes there's no purpose in looking for love in a selfish, violent and hypocritical world - threatens to destroy not only Jack and Catherine's love for one another but their very identities.
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REVIEWS LOVE AND MAYHEM
'A twisted tale of love set in a darker side of London ... it has sly plot twists and persuasive [characters] ... and whispers of promising novels - or movies - to come.' Daneet Steffens, Time Out
'An absolutely stunning debut novel. It is for the lovelorn, and for those in love. It is just very well-written.' Paul Blezard, Between the Lines, Oneword
'As visceral a tale of love, sex and human emotion as you are ever likely to read ... the book is both dangerous and heart-stopping. Powerful, modern and moving, Love and Mayhem is as much a work of art as it is a work of literature.' The Magazine
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