Asylum

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Synopsis

A story of self-obsession narrated by the point of view of a psychiatrist, published as a Penguin Essential for the first time.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...

Book details

Series:
Penguin Essentials (Book 54)
Author:
Patrick McGrath
ISBN:
9780241975626
Related ISBNs:
9780241973677
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pages:
256
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
Yes
Date of addition:
2021-03-14
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
1997
Copyright by:
Patrick McGrath 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
History, Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers