The Other Side of the Fire

Alice Thomas Ellis

Bought this in a second-hand bookshop, because of a vague memory of having read something good by this author. Very disappointing - (maybe this is why it was in the shop!) Story concerns a woman's obsessive attraction to her stepson who, unknown to her, is gay. There is one interesting, eccentric slightly witch-like character. But the book felt like a waste of time.
Jean 23/7/00

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