Brian Castro est un auteur dont les œuvres explorent les thèmes complexes de l'identité et de la culture. Castro examine les intersections de divers héritages, employant souvent des éléments autobiographiques pour éclairer ses réflexions. Sa prose se caractérise par un langage riche et nuancé et une profonde perspicacité de l'expérience humaine. Le paysage littéraire de Castro est défini par sa perspective globale et son exploration magistrale des relations complexes.
The Bath Fugues is Castro at his best, in a wonderful performance wrought from intrigue, romance, deception and comedy. The book is composed of three interwoven novellas, the first centred on an ageing art forger; the second on a Portuguese poet, opium addict and collector; the third told by a well- connected doctor.
Fiction Espionage, Soviet. Paperback published in 1997. Tokyo, 1933. Tall, broodingly handsome, Victor Stepper is a consummate ladies' man, a brilliant journalist... and spy. As the world descends into war, Stepper collects information and sends it on to Moscow. Then he falls in love with Reiko, a Japanese woman. And Victor Stepper begins to fall apart...Stepper is a dazzling and haunting novel of espionage and erotic love. (from the book jacket)