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The Man Who Was Loved
- Author: Kay MacCauley
- Category: Fiction
- Publisher: Telegram(UK)
- Pub date: 9 March 2006
- Length: 270 pages
About The Man Who Was Loved
Set in sixteenth-century Venice, THE MAN WHO WAS LOVED chronicles the life of Marin Gaspari who, at the point of death, through an extraordinary act of will, accesses an ability that will enable him to survive – the ability to make people love him.
As he grows older, he finds that he can win for himself almost any man or woman he chooses, but comes to realize that he himself is purely incidental. They are merely falling in love with someone else all over again.
When the city is struck by a strange plague and unseen tides reach out to drown its inhabitants, the citizens look to Marin Gaspari to save them, believing him to be the reincarnation of a saint who sacrificed his life to the city hundreds of years before.
About the Author
Kay MacCauley grew up in London. Having studied English and drama and embarked on a career in advertising, she found herself employed in the music business with Chrysalis Records, publicizing acts across the spectrum from Spandau Ballet to Billy Idol. In 1993 she left to work with Robert Plant and Led Zeppelin, study for a degree and concentrate on writing her first novel.