Explores the darker underside of higher education, the problems of seduction and adultery, and the consequences of scandal on a small New England campus
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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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- PublisherHenry Holt & Co
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 0805051783
- ISBN 13 9780805051780
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages358
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