A sight for sore eyes
Rendell, Ruth (1930-)
Sold by MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
AbeBooks Seller since June 23, 2003
Used - Hardcover
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Add to basketSold by MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
AbeBooks Seller since June 23, 2003
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketFine cloth copy in an equally fine dust wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 352p. ; 24cm. Subjects; Psychologically abused children - England - Fiction. Young adults - England - Fiction. Murder - England - Fiction. Crime & mystery - FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General. Genres; Fiction. Suspense fiction. text. 1 Kg.
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Teddy is another of Rendell's frightening moral cripples, a seemingly ordinary person capable of the vilest crimes. When he becomes obsessed with Francine after meeting her at art school, we know to expect murder--we just aren't sure when, or who will be the victim. Equally vile is Julia, Francine's stepmother, a psychologist of such immense and malevolent ineptness that we would swear she couldn't possibly exist if real life hadn't taught us otherwise. Other important characters are Harriet, a faded beauty who connects the past to the present; Teddy's uncle Keith, who first recognizes the boy's madness; and a bright red, lovingly restored Edsel, which becomes a hearse.
Like all of her books, Rendell's latest is really about the secret acts of insanity that occur behind closed doors. Among her best books available in paperback are From Doon with Death, A Guilty Thing Surprised, The Keys to the Street, and, from the excellent Inspector Wexford series, Kissing the Gunner's Daughter, Road Rage, and Simisola. --Dick Adler
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