Cheek Perforation Dance

Sean Thomas was born in 1963, in Devon. He is the author of two novels, Absent Fathers and Kissing England. A full-time journalist, in recent years his work has appeared in The Times, The Sunday Times and the Sunday Telegraph. He lives in London and is unmarried.

'Shamefully compelling.This strange courtship dance is convincingly drawn, and questions of blame and guilt become interestingly blurred. Best of all are Thomas's courtroom scenes, which perfectly pinpoint the mix of boredom and terror that surrounds any day in the witness box.' Independent 'A graphic, uncompromising account of what happens when love shades slowly into a more destructive affinity. Thomas effortlessly captures the young London of Soho and Hoxton, its boozy, druggy vibrancy and smartarse slang. The Cheek Perforation Dance has the courage to tell us more about ourselves than we may want to know. It belongs, perhaps, in the company of American Psycho and Atomised.' Time Out 'Thomas's tough but tender prose describes the folie a deux quite beautifully, from the initial courtship to the fatal falling-out. Best of all, this gripping whodunit gives no hint of which way the blind woman's scales will finally tip.' Guardian 'Angry and passionate. Explores the intensity of sexual and emotional relationships.' Daily Express