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A severed head, a novel.
Van Pelt Library PR6063.U7 S47 1961
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Murdoch, Iris.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Interpersonal relations--Fiction.
- Interpersonal relations.
- London (England)--Social life and customs--20th century--Fiction.
- London (England).
- Manners and customs.
- England--London.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- English fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 248 pages ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Viking Press, 1961.
- Summary:
- Martin Lynch-Gibbon believes he can possess both a beautiful wife and a delightful lover. But when his wife, Antonia, suddenly leaves him for her psychoanalyst, Martin is plunged into an intensive emotional re-education. He attempts to behave beautifully and sensibly. Then he meets a woman whose demonic splendour at first repels him and later arouses a consuming and monstrous passion ...
- Other Format:
- Online version: Murdoch, Iris. Severed head.
- OCLC:
- 368575
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