09/08/2025
There are novels that describe s*x. Salter’s describes desire.
Not the physical act…though “A Sport and a Pastime” is full of it - but the inner ache: the longing, the detachment, the fantasy of intimacy. Set in a dreamlike France that barely feels real, it reads like a fevered memory someone once whispered into a tape recorder and left to play in the dark.
A Sport and a Pastime isn’t a love story. It’s a study in projection, and the beautiful lie of romance.
Salter writes in a way few others dare - sparse, devastating, sensual without spectacle. Every line is measured. Every silence earned. This is
a novel for readers who understand that some of the most profound experiences leave no evidence but feeling.
Buy it instore and online.
