CLUB STUD BY LUC RICHARD
Club Stud is based on my own experiences of working at exclusive holiday resorts. I have tried, in this book, to bring out the hypocrisy of holiday-goers everywhere and of the companies running the large resorts that supposedly cater to our need for leisure in a hyper-modern, globalized world.
The story is told almost in real time, to make it more intimate, immediate and direct. I’ve attempted with this book to show that behind the sexy, sunny and almost lazy scenes you see in these resorts as a holiday-goer, there is in fact a cast of very realistic, pragmatic people who ‘manufacture’ everything you experience as a spontaneous ‘happy holiday’. Which of course brings into question the whole concept of the ‘exotic’ and of ‘happiness’ itself. I mean if happiness can be manufactured, can we ever hope to find it for real? And would we know the difference?
ABOUT REVENGE INK
Revenge ink is a publishing company whose philosophy was a perfect match for my own need for independence in telling my story in Club Stud. Gopal and Amita have a strong belief in unique, personal stories and as a sports professional who never wrote before, this belief was very important and encouraging for me.
Revenge Ink was like a secure family cocoon that helped me to develop my project rather than being a publishing company that merely sought quick profit. Amita helped me explore my ideas in depth, sometimes leading me to see things I had only vaguely felt but been unable to express in words.
Who knows, maybe writing a book Revenge Ink helped me avoid ten years of psychoanalysis!