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A story of self-obsession narrated by the point of view of a psychiatrist, published as a Penguin Essential for the first time.

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...

Asylum

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      Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 06/08/2015
      ISBN13: 9780241973677, 978-0241973677
      ISBN10: 0241973678
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      A story of self-obsession narrated by the point of view of a psychiatrist, published as a Penguin Essential for the first time.

      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...

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