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From our most celebrated writer of the psychological thriller comes this nerve-wracking yet eerily beautiful work of erotic obsession and madness. In the summer of 1959 Stella Raphael joins her psychiatrist husband, Max, at his new posting--a maximum-security hospital for the criminally... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Stella Raphael: the main character who's the cause and result of an obsessive romantic tragedy
- Edgar Stark: Add a description of this character.
- Max Raphael
- Peter Cleave
- Charlie Raphael
- Jack Straffen
- Brenda
- Nick
First Sentence edit
The catastrophic love affair characterized by sexual obsession has been a professional interest of mine for many years now.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Patrick McGrath (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Vintage
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1997
ISBN: 978-0679781387
Page Count: 272
Publisher: Vintage
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1997
ISBN: 978-0679781387
Page Count: 272
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.54
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- Asylum (IMDb): 2005
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