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Ian Laidlaw, a college professor disfigured by a childhood accident, becomes obsessed with one of his students, Alicia Anna Davie, and makes her his prisoner
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'Powerfully done...reveals an accomplished and ambitious writer'
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The Killjoy
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Mysterious Press, New York, NY, 1988
ISBN 10: 0445405554
ISBN 13: 9780445405554
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Seller: LONG BEACH BOOKS, INC., Long Beach, NY, U.S.A.
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Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good Minus. Cover Art Paul Bacon (illustrator). First Paperback Edition. Ian Laidlaw is an equable man - head of the political science department at a Scottish university. His uneventful days are measured out with scrupulous care until Alicia Anna Davie laughs in his face one afternoon - and his ordered world crumbles about him. Wear at edges, reading creases, some creases on book, rubbed, light interior browning. Size: 4 1/4" x 6 3/4". PAPERBACK. Seller Inventory # 009780
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paperback. Condition: Very Good. Seller Inventory # 230822120
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