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The Hothouse by the East River
A Literary Fiction Novel by Muriel Spark
Subgenres:
- Psychological Fiction,
- World War II Fiction,
- 1970s New York
This book is for you if you're into...
- Satirical takes on postwar New York high society
- Psychological fiction where reality slips and shadows act strangely
- Stories where wartime secrets haunt the present
Touched by madness and haunted by a secret past, Paul and Elsa's relationship reveals that there can be no normality for people who witnessed the worst of war.
In 1970s New York, Paul and Elsa are like many other well-off middle-aged couples, worrying over their apartment and psychoanalyst bills by day, and meeting friends at restaurants by night. But this is not an ordinary couple with ordinary neuroses, as becomes clear when Paul convinces himself that Elsa's shadow always points in the wrong direction.
As Paul and Elsa's involvement in World War II espionage begins to surface, the glitz and glamor of their lives is revealed to be nothing more than illusion. The Hothouse by the East River is a delirious satire of superficial urban life in the shadow of one of modern history's great horrors.
This ebook features an illustrated biography of Muriel Spark including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author's archive at the National Library of Scotland.
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