Candia McWilliam, Author Beech Tree Paperback Book $17.95 (266p) ISBN 978-0-688-07912-3
As noted London heart surgeon Lucas Salik begins his account of recent events in his life, this first novel appears to be merely a tale of sexual obsession, albeit a brilliantly told one. Lucas is blindly in love with the much younger Hal, who...
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Candia McWilliam, Author Doubleday Books $15.95 (181p) ISBN 978-0-385-26309-2
A contemporary The Turn of the Screw , McWilliam's slim second novel (after A Case of Knives ) did very well in England, but may be less successful here. There is no mistaking, however, that this is the work of a talented writer. Precisely...
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Candia McWilliam, Author Nan A. Talese $23.5 (284p) ISBN 978-0-385-26310-8
McWilliam (A Case of Knives) is one of the more admired younger British writers, and it's easy to see why. Her writing is brilliant in the extreme, full of cunning metaphors, sharp insights, gorgeous turns of phrase; it is also a bit excessive, to...
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Candia McWilliam. Harper, $27.99 (464p) ISBN 978-0-06-209450-6
Imagine your world abruptly shrouded in darkness, not because there's something wrong with your vision, but because your eyelids cannot stay open. This is what happened to Scottish writer McWilliam (A Case of Knives) at the age of 50. The condition...
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