But even the supposedly sweet visions here have their unappetizing side, especially in the "O" chapter, which can lay claim to the most far-fetched title in the book.
Ubertino contemplates its beauty: "He pointed to the Virgin's slender bust... [then says] 'What do you feel before this sweetest of visions?' I blushed violently, feeling myself stirred as if by an inner fire.
His sweet and pure vision makes even the nastiest scenes bearable.
Page D2 Food Stuff Importing Turkish Flavor D3 What's New in Rice Cookers D3 A Seedless Kumquat D3 VODKA DONE SOUTHERN STYLE Fireflies, front porches, sweet tea and visions of the Kremlin.
Such sweet notes, such tender vision.
No matter that this vision of sweet surrender sounds more like a deflowering scene out of a Harlequin romance than the buried longings of urban, pro-choice sophisticates.
There are some eye-catching examples of what the truly enterprising can get up to: take Sweet Pink or Beautiful Vision, both allegedly vehicles for a whopping dodge perpetrated by Teodoro Nguema Obiang, son of the president of Equatorial Guinea, which enabled him to buy a Californian beachside mansion and a private jet.
Dancing in my head were visions of sweet potato salad tossed with pungent lime pickle mayonnaise, moist pieces of swordfish slathered with garlicky aioli, and hot biscuits spread with bacon mayonnaise and topped with slices of ripe tomato.
Blood, Sweet And Treason by Henry Olonga, Vision Sports Publishing, £18.99.
