Rustication : a novel
Palliser, Charles, 1947-2013
Book
Christmas 1863. 17-year-old Richard Shenstone has been sent down from Cambridge under a cloud of suspicion. Addicted to opium and tormented by disturbing sexual desires, he finds temporary refuge in the creaking old mansion inhabited by his newly impoverished mother and his sister, Effie, whose behaviour grows increasingly bizarre.
Main title:
Rustication : a novel / Charles Palliser.
Author:
Palliser, Charles, 1947-, author
Work:
Imprint:
New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 2013.New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 2013.
Collation:
336 pages ; 25 cm
ISBN:
9780393348231 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.92FICTION
Language:
English
BRN:
1209997