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Spolit, feckless Temple Drake, the daughter of a judge, runs away from school with an unsuitable man. Abandoned by him with a gang of moonshiners, Temple falls into the clutches of the psychotic Popeye, one of the most grotesque characters of Faulkner''s imagination. A compelling, shocking tale of perverted justice in the Deep South, Sanctuary is also a moving plea for courage in the darkest of circumstances.

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A haunting study of evil triumphant * New York Times *
Not a book for the fainthearted * Sunday Times *
Thick with menace, desire, compulsion and despair * Los Angeles Times *

Sanctuary

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Vintage Classics
      Published 2 June 2011
      ISBN-13 9780099541028
      978-0099541028
      ISBN-10 0099541025
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Spolit, feckless Temple Drake, the daughter of a judge, runs away from school with an unsuitable man. Abandoned by him with a gang of moonshiners, Temple falls into the clutches of the psychotic Popeye, one of the most grotesque characters of Faulkner''s imagination. A compelling, shocking tale of perverted justice in the Deep South, Sanctuary is also a moving plea for courage in the darkest of circumstances.

      Trade Review
      A haunting study of evil triumphant * New York Times *
      Not a book for the fainthearted * Sunday Times *
      Thick with menace, desire, compulsion and despair * Los Angeles Times *

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