Good behaviour /

Molly Keane ; introduction by Amy Gentry.
Bibliographic Details
Main Creator: Keane, Molly, 1904-1996, author.
Contributors: Gentry, Amy, writer of introduction.
Summary:"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"--
Format: Book
Language:English
Published / Created: New York : New York Review Books, 2021.
Series:New York Review Books classics.
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Notes:"Introduction copyright © 2021 by Amy Gentry"-- Provided by publisher.

Originally published: 1981.

Physical description: xiii, 291 pages ; 21 cm.

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Contained in: Good behaviour
ISBN:9781681375298
168137529X
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