Reviews of TAMING THE BEAST


  • "[S]ections of the book pulse with sexual energy…Maguire keeps the prose crackling and the dialogue lively from the first page to the last." Publishers Weekly

  • "Obsession, delusion, abandonment and perversion are never easy to portray, but Emily Maguire has managed to wrestle the beast to the ground and, if she has not tamed it, then she has given us some insights into both its beauty and its terror." Kathleen Mitchell Award 2006 Commendation

  • "The swift narrative carries us without pit stops for frills or flowers; the acute prose is piercing and direct." KGB Bar Lit

  • "...powerful and compelling..." Kirkus Reviews
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             Taming the Beast: A Novel (P.S.)

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    "A thought-provoking and searing first novel."  The Age                        

Sarah Clark's life is irrevocably changed at the age of fourteen when her English teacher, Mr Carr, seduces her after class. Their affair is illegal, erotic, passionate and  dangerous - a vicious meeting of minds and bodies. But when Mr Carr's wife discovers the affair he has to choose between them and moves to another city with his family.

Sarah is devastated and from that day on her life is defined by a series of meaningless, self-abasing sexual encounters, hoping with each man that she will experience the same delicious feelings she had with Mr Carr.

Seven years later Daniel Carr walks back into Sarah's life and she is drawn once again into the destructive relationship. Is Sarah strong enough to 'tame the beast'?

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Taming the Beast is published in Australia by Brandl & Schlesinger and in the UK by Serpent's Tail.

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