Synopsis
Ian Laidlaw is an equable man. Quiet, cultivated, efficient, he is head of the department of politics at a Scottish universiy. His uneventful days are measured out with scrupulous care until Alicia Anna Davie laughs in his face one afternoon - and his ordered world crumbles around him.
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'A novel with an adder in the prose...observant and impressive'
Sunday Times
"'More discriminating and convincing than John Fowles's first novel, The Collector...Haunting' The Times"
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'A wonderful and original piece of work - impeccable from beginning to end...a horror story which rings abolutely true'
ALAN SILLITOE
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'Powerfully done...reveals an accomplished and ambitious writer'
Scotsman
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'Definitely not one for the faint-hearted. It's compellingly written, sinister...and very, very fine'
Woman's World
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Hidden passions are brought to the surface...
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