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      Asylum

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      As a psychiatrist in a top-security mental hospital, 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...

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      Description

      Product ID:9780241973677
      Product Form:Paperback / softback
      Country of Manufacture:GB
      Series:Penguin Essentials
      Title:Asylum
      Authors:Author: Patrick McGrath
      Page Count:272
      Subjects:Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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      As a psychiatrist in a top-security mental hospital, 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...

      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...


      Imprint Name:Penguin Books Ltd
      Publisher Name:Penguin Books Ltd
      Country of Publication:GB
      Publishing Date:2015-08-06

      Additional information

      Weight158 g
      Dimensions112 × 180 × 20 mm