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As a psychiatrist in a top-security mental hospital in the 1950s, 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...
| ISBN | 0140258221 | | Pages | 256 | | ISBN13 | 9780140258226
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 184 | | Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd | | Published in | London | | Imprint | Penguin Books Ltd | | Height (mm) | 198 | | Format | Paperback | | Width (mm) | 129 | | Publication date | 28 Aug 1997 | | Spine width (mm) | 17 | | DEWEY | 823.914 | | Academic level | General | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | |
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Asylum is an incredibly haunting tale of obsession, desire and madness. Stella, the vivacious and beautiful wife of a respected psychiatrist, risks everything when she falls for the dangerously troubled artist, Edgar, one of her husband's charges. But as the passion spirals out of control, Stella realises she is risking far more than her family... - Amy Beddows Write a review
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