Richard Mason's Sequel to "History of a Pleasure Seeker"

The Leonard Lopate Show | Jan 30, 2017

Author Richard Mason joins us to discuss his new novel Who Killed Piet Barol?, a sequel to his 2012 book History of a Pleasure Seeker. Former tutor Piet Barol returns posing as a French aristocrat in Cape Town on the eve of World War I with his wife, Stacey, and their son. Piet and Stacey devise a convoluted scheme to save their failing furniture business, which results in unexpected consequences.

Richard Mason will be doing a book signing on Wednesday, February 1st at 7:00pm at McNally Jackson at 52 Prince St. For more information, click here.

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