A novel which portrays the tensions in the marriage between a hard-working college lecturer and his rich wife. When she has an affair, her husband suspects everyone but the right man. By the author of FOREIGN AFFAIRS, THE WAR BETWEEN THE TATES and WOMEN AND GHOSTS.
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Review:
"A brilliant and seemingly effortless accomplishment... Steady, uninterrupted delight" (Sunday Telegraph)
"Lurie is and really is, different. She writes with great elegance, as frostily clear as the climate she describes; and with sharp intelligence piercing through every sentence. She is very funny as well" (Francis Hope Observer)
"Awesomely good" (Sunday Times)
Book Description:
The stunning debut by Pulitzer Prize winner, Alison Lurie: a stylish, affecting and compelling novel about the conflict between desire and responsibility.
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- PublisherWilliam Heinemann Ltd
- Publication date1962
- ISBN 10 0434439010
- ISBN 13 9780434439010
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages320
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