# Confessions of a Map Dealer

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- Authors: [Paul Micou](https://www.bookquiver.com/paul-micou)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2008-07-03

## Description

My first mistake was to be heterosexual.' Such is one of several complaints in the first of four conversations between Henry Hart - who is a married father of two young girls - and his long-time friend, Darius Saddler - who is gay and unattached. It is just over a year since the two men last met. Crippled and humiliated by debt, Hart - a dealer in antique maps - has managed to ruin his marriage, to commit an undeniable act of theft, and to become a suspect in France for a very serious crime. With a lover on the side, a stolen map in his pocket, an ace French detective on his trail, a wife who is unusually cold and in the know, it is time for Hart to enlist the help of his oldest friend. Confessions of a Map Dealer relates the attempts of Hart and Saddler to knit their lives together again, and to extricate Hart from the myriad problems he has brought upon himself. A mystery, a one-sided love story, a tale of guilt, blackmail and self-delusion, Confessions of a Map Dealer is an intricate comedy of errors from a celebrated practitioner of the genre.

## Editions

### Confessions of a Map Dealer

- Publisher: Harvill Secker
- ISBN: 978-18-4655-149-9
- Pages: 208
- Published: 2008-07-03
- Language: en_GB