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As a psychiatrist in a top-security mental hospital in the 1950's, 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.
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'This is a desolate sort of place, though god knows it's had the best years of my life. It is maximum security, a walled city that rises from a high ridge to dominate the surrounding country . . .'
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- PublisherViking
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 0670870013
- ISBN 13 9780670870011
- BindingHardcover
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