Adoring Venus by Lorn Macintyre

In Adoring Venus Alan Mackilligin, a recently bereaved professor at the University of St Andrews and an authority on the portrayal of the nude female form in Greek sculpture, embarks on a passionate affair with an 18 year old student, with disastrous consequences. A contemporary novel located almost entirely in St Andrews, apart from portraying this famous town Adoring Venus explores the physical and emotional gap between the generations, and the poignancy of the ageing process.