Good Behaviour
304 pages2021New York Review of Books, Incorporated, TheISBN 9781681375298
English literatureFiction, generalGentryFictionFamiliesSocial life and customsManners and customsConduct of lifeEthicsEtiquette for children and teenagers
About this book
"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"--
Publication Details
- Publisher
- New York Review of Books, Incorporated, The
- Published
- 2021
- Pages
- 304
- ISBN
- 9781681375298
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