Publication

2021 - New York Review of Books, Incorporated, The

Language

English

Word Count

72,750 words, Guess

Page Count

291 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • LCCPR6021.E33G6 2021

Description

"I do know how to behave - believe me, because I know. I have always known...' Behind the gates of Temple Alice the aristocratic Anglo-Irish St Charles family sinks into a state of decaying grace. To Aroon St Charles, large and unlovely daughter of the house, the fierce forces of sex, money, jealousy and love seem locked out by the ritual patterns of good behaviour. But crumbling codes of conduct cannot hope to save the members of the St Charles family from their own unruly and inadmissible desires. This elegant and allusive novel established Molly Keane as the natural successor to Jean Rhys"--

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Good BehaviourNew York Review of Books, Incorporated, The2021

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