QuartetNow available for the first time in paperback, "Quartet" "belongs to the new tradition in prose, which shuns elaboration for sharpness and intensity of effect" ("New York Times"). A woman, caught in the stranglehold between her lover and his wife, faces a further dilemma when her own husband is released from prison. |
Contents
Section 1 | 10 |
Section 2 | 29 |
Section 3 | 34 |
Section 4 | 35 |
Section 5 | 62 |
Section 6 | 76 |
Section 7 | 95 |
Section 8 | 100 |
Section 9 | 113 |
Section 10 | 178 |
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