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Hardcover. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear. Dust wrapper has some minor edge wear but remains very good
Coolly and compellingly narrated by a man dedicated to the examination of other people's pasts and the reconstruction of their lives, this is a brilliant, dark and gripping new novel that surpasses even Hart's masterpiece, Damage. A psychiatrist, Jack is divorced and has lost his wife to a more uxorious man. His own past and that of his beautiful, enigmatic sister Kate certainly bear scrutiny. But until he gets a phone call telling him that their family house in Ireland is for sale, he has absorbed himself in the problems of others, delving into their minds while himself remaining on ... Read more
Coolly and compellingly narrated by a man dedicated to the examination of other people's pasts and the reconstruction of their lives, this is a brilliant, dark and gripping new novel that surpasses even Hart's masterpiece, Damage. A psychiatrist, Jack is divorced and has lost his wife to a more uxorious man. His own past and that of his beautiful, enigmatic sister Kate certainly bear scrutiny. But until he gets a phone call telling him that their family house in Ireland is for sale, he has absorbed himself in the problems of others, delving into their minds while himself remaining on ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Chatto & Windus
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780701172954
SKU
KKD0003372
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Hart
Josephine Hart is the acclaimed author of novels which include the bestselling Damage, made into a major film, and Sin, which will be filmed in 2001 by Metropolis.
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