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Title: ASYLUM
By: Patrick McGrath
Format: Paperback

List price: £9.99


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ISBN 10: 0140258221
ISBN 13: 9780140258226
Publisher: PENGUIN BOOKS LTD
Pub. date: 28 August, 1997
Pages: 256
Description: As a psychiatrist in a top-security mental hospital in the 1950s, Peter Cleave has made a study of what he calls the catastrophic love affair characterized by sexual obsession. His experience is extensive, and is never surprised. Until, that is, he comes reluctantly to accept that the wife of one of his colleagues has embarked on such an affair.
Synopsis: As a psychiatrist in a top-security mental hospital in the 1950s, Peter Cleave has made a study of what he calls 'the catastrophic love affair characterized by sexual obsession.' His experience is extensive, and he is never surprised. Until, that is, he comes reluctantly to accept that the wife of one of his colleagues has embarked on such an affair...
Publication: UK
Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd
Prizes: Shortlisted for Guardian Fiction Prize 1996.
Returns: Returnable
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