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'Upon the Rock' is a blend of narrative voices and styles that tells the story of Marcus Baird, a gay man from Townsville, and Aemilius, a character from a novel set in Ancient Rome written by Aaron J Clarke. Marcus Baird hopes to win the author’s affections. His quest for love leads him to England where he is imprisoned in the writer’s house. During his captivity, he is forced to confess his darkest secrets with the hope of gaining absolution and, most importantly, Aaron’s love. Likewise, Aemilius hopes to win the affections of Culcita, a dangerous youth who threatens the Roman Republic. Aemilius’ quest for love results in him writing his life story and that of Rome’s, where deception leads to murder.
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writing, god, gay, death, bigotry, historical, slavery, political intrigue, ancient rome, salt mines, north queensland, murder and mystery, betrayal anger and bitterness revenge, asia minorPlaces
Townsville, London, Ancient RomeTimes
Ancient Rome, 2000sShowing 2 featured editions. View all 2 editions?
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Critics, like me, applaud his offbeat story telling. Clarke changes narrative perspective. He introduces a mysterious first-person narrator, M.B. and then another first person, Aemilius. Both M.B. and Aemilius are linked together; one is the narrator in the Roman novella, and the other is the reader of the Roman novella. The reader comments on the novella, as well as commenting on the author, Aaron. It could be said that I too am a creation of the writer. However, that is another story, which I do not want to dwell on.
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