The Constant Eye - Softcover

"The literary offspring of Henry Miller and Anais Nin. Writing that restores the sense of novels being a forbidden treat, each paragraph dense with a disturbing erotic perfume that lingers long after the characters have left." (Independent on Sunday)

"An idiosyncratic mix of icy elegance and stewed carnality." (Guardian)

"A meditation on the nature of writing itself... Clark has created a stylised, deeply self-conscious, fictional world. By challenging our expectations, Clark forces us to read carefully, and to be aware of the very seductiveness of storytelling" (New Statesman)

"Merciless in the portrayal of a monster" (Time Out)

A writer picks up a beautiful woman on the train from London to Paris. But she is not as easy to pin down as he expected and their intense encounter becomes a game of cat-and-mouse along the corridors of the Eurostar and through the streets of Paris. Affecting cool, but being edged towards desperation, the man is forced to recognise the past that he and this elusive woman share. Powerfully erotic, frighteningly brutal, this remarkable novel revolves around a crime passionel - but not the one the reader expects. With exceptional originality, Candida Clark explores the power struggle between writer and muse - how the raw material of woman's life is shaped and distorted in the name of art. She depicts a sexual maelstrom, a tense battle of wills where compromise is impossible and only one person can triumph.