You deserve nothing - Alexander Maksik

Set in Paris, at an international high school catering to the sons and
daughters
of wealthy families, You Deserve Nothing is a gripping story of
power,
idealism, and morality.

William Silver is a talented and charismatic young teacher whose
unconventional
methods raise eyebrows among his colleagues and superiors. His students,
however, are devoted to him. His teaching of Camus, Faulkner, Sartre,
Keats and
other kindred souls breathe life into their sense of social justice and
their
capacities for philosophical and ethical thought. But unbeknownst to his
adoring
pupils, Silver proves incapable of living up to the ideals he encourages
in
others. Emotionally scarred by failures in his personal life and driven
to
distraction by the City of Light's overpowering carnality and beauty,
Silver
succumbs to a temptation that will change the course of his life. His
fall will
render him a criminal in the eyes of some, and all too human in the eyes
of
others.

In Maksik's stylish prose, Paris is sensual, dazzling and dangerously
seductive.
It serves as a fitting backdrop for a dramatic tale about the tension
between
desire and action, and about the complex relationship that exists between
our
public and private selves.