American Casanova: The New Adventures of the Legendary Lover

by Maxim Jakubowski

It's 2005, Venice. Giacomo Casanova wakes in a familiar room. His most recent memory is of dying the night before. However, his body is young again and his sexual powers have returned. In search of an explanation for his supernatural resurrection, he ventures out into the streets of modern Venice. Much has changed, but the women are as beautiful as ever. In a nearby bar, he encounters Cristiana, a young waitress who is quickly seduced by his old-school charm. One morning, shortly after, Casanova receives an invitation to a mysterious masked ball. He and Cristiana attend the event, which turns out to be opulently decadent; an orgy that even Casanova is shocked by. As he and Cristiana retreat to the beach to embrace without the company of others, Casanova spies the arrival of a power-boat. A tall, imposing man disembarks. He leads a stunning young woman, naked but for her mask and high heels, by a leash fastened to a collar around her neck. Casanova is hypnotized by this vision. Dragging Cristiana reluctantly along, Casanova attempts to follow the couple but soon loses their trail in the confusion of sexual activity. He is determined to find the other woman again.

304 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2006

About the author

Maxim Jakubowski is a crime, erotic, and science fiction writer and critic.

Jakubowski was born in England by Russian-British and Polish parents, but raised in France. Jakubowski has also lived in Italy and has travelled extensively. Jakubowski edited the science fiction anthology Twenty Houses of the Zodiac in 1979 for the 37th World Science Fiction Convention (Seacon '79) in Brighton. He also contributed a short story to that anthology. He has now published almost 100 books in a variety of areas.

He has worked in book publishing for many years, which he left to open the Murder One bookshop[1], the UK's first specialist crime and mystery bookstore. He contributes to a variety of newspapers and magazines, and was for eight years the crime columnist for Time Out and, presently, since 2000, the crime reviewer for The Guardian. He is also the literary director of London's Crime Scene Festival and a consultant for the International Mystery Film Festival, Noir in Fest, held annually in Courmayeur, Italy. He is one the leading editors in the crime and mystery and erotica field, in which he has published many major anthologies.

His novels include "It's You That I Want To Kiss", "Because She Thought She Loved Me", "The State Of Montana", "On Tenderness Express", "Kiss me Sadly" and "Confessions of a Romantic Pornographer". His short story collections are "Life in the World of Women", "Fools for Lust" and the collaborative "American Casanova". He is a regular broadcaster on British TV and radio and was recently voted the 4th Sexiest Writer of 2,007 on a poll on the crimespace website.