Act of Passion

12mo [approx 11x18cm]. Very Good condition. Translated by Louise Varese. [Penguin Books 2245]. Cover drawing by Romek Marber. Previous owner's signature to preliminary pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 217 pages. The whole book is cast in the form of a long, pathetic letter addressed from prison to the examining magistrate in a murder case. Charles Alavoine, a doctor from the Vendee who has strangled his mistress, stuggles to explain just why he was forced to "kill the thing he loves".

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Publisher: Penguin

Year: 1965

Type: Used

Binding: Softcover

First Edition

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