Jake Singer, an anxious young English teacher at a prestigious New York prep school, is heading for a life of personal despair and professional mediocrity. Recently abandoned by his girlfriend and emotionally paralysed by a case of the vapours, he embarks on a course of psychoanalysis with a black-bearded, bodybuilding, Cuban-Catholic Freudian whose accent and tactics are worthy of the Spanish Inquisition. Then Jake meets socialite-widow Allegra Marshall, and as he bounces from the couch to Allegra's bed in the allegedly ...
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Jake Singer, an anxious young English teacher at a prestigious New York prep school, is heading for a life of personal despair and professional mediocrity. Recently abandoned by his girlfriend and emotionally paralysed by a case of the vapours, he embarks on a course of psychoanalysis with a black-bearded, bodybuilding, Cuban-Catholic Freudian whose accent and tactics are worthy of the Spanish Inquisition. Then Jake meets socialite-widow Allegra Marshall, and as he bounces from the couch to Allegra's bed in the allegedly real world and back again, his life takes on the eerie, overdetermined quality of an analytic session.
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Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. Grubby book may have mild dirt or some staining, mostly on the edges of pages.
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Fine in fine dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. Audience: General/trade. 1998 Knopf hardcover stated 1st edition implicit 1st printing. A hint of soil on dj but essentially in fine condition.
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Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
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Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
