Asylum

Fülszöveg

Advance praise for
Asylum
"Asvhim has tlie drive and suspense of the most shameless thriller, the mevi-tability of myth, the narrative complexity of Haui of Darkness and The Turn of the Screw. It is, I believe, a masterpiece—fiction of a depth and power we hardly hope to encounter anymore."
— Tobi.'KS Wolff
"Patrick McGraths cool maneuvers of voice and plot make this passionate story of sexual obsession one of the best I've ever read. This book has the unbearable combination of page-turnmg plot and artistic brilliance."
— Mary Karr
"Asylum—ironically titled—tells a cruel story of a literally mad obsession with cool precision and fiercely elegant control. A shimmeringly brilliant novel."
—Joseph in h Hart
Praise for Dr. Haggard's Disease
"Brilliant . . .The sensuous world that McGrath creates is intense in its beauty . . . mesmerizing."—The New York Times Book Review
"Luscious language lures usunto deeper regions of darkness . . . not just readable but engrossing."—The... Tovább

Fülszöveg

Advance praise for
Asylum
"Asvhim has tlie drive and suspense of the most shameless thriller, the mevi-tability of myth, the narrative complexity of Haui of Darkness and The Turn of the Screw. It is, I believe, a masterpiece—fiction of a depth and power we hardly hope to encounter anymore."
— Tobi.'KS Wolff
"Patrick McGraths cool maneuvers of voice and plot make this passionate story of sexual obsession one of the best I've ever read. This book has the unbearable combination of page-turnmg plot and artistic brilliance."
— Mary Karr
"Asylum—ironically titled—tells a cruel story of a literally mad obsession with cool precision and fiercely elegant control. A shimmeringly brilliant novel."
—Joseph in h Hart
Praise for Dr. Haggard's Disease
"Brilliant . . .The sensuous world that McGrath creates is intense in its beauty . . . mesmerizing."—The New York Times Book Review
"Luscious language lures usunto deeper regions of darkness . . . not just readable but engrossing."—The Washington Post Book World
- ^ . - ' 'I Praise for Spider
"A small classic of horror."—The New York Times ,
"Disturbing, wholly absorbing . . . a combination murder mystery/ dark-night-of-the-soul . . . touchiriglyTmenacingly brilliant." —Chicago Tribune
"One of the best novels of the year . . . deliciously creepy . . . McGrath especially excels at evoking the latent hprror in com'monplace sightsj' ^—Cleveland Plain Dealer
Vtaisc for The Grotesq^fe ' ;
"Bizarre, comical, and quite suitably titled '"A] wonderfully eccentric nsi^rative . . -Entertaining, absorbing, grotesquely comic and tomically grotesque.' ' ' —Cleveland Plain Dealer
'Asylum—what a remarkable book . . . a masterpiece."—Tobias Wolki"
Patrick McGrath, internationally acclaimed author of The Grotesque and other novels, has created his most psychologically penetrating vision to date—a nightmare of a world rocked to its foundations by a passion of such force and intensity that it shatters the lives—and minds—of all who are touched by it.
Stella Raphael, a woman of great beauty and formidable intelligence, is married to Max, a staid and unimaginative forensic psychiatrist. Max has taken a job in a huge top-security mental hospital in rural England, and Stella, far from London society, finds herself restless and bored. Then into her lonely existence comes Edgar Stark, a brilliant sculptor confined to the hospital after killing his wife in a psychotic rage. He comes to Stellas garden merely to rebuild an old Victorian conservatory, but there's an overwhelming physical attraction to this desperate man that Stella is powerless to ignore. Their explosive affair pits them against Stella's husband, her child, and the entire institution. When the crisis comes, Stella makes her decision—one that will destroy several lives and precipitate an appalling tragedy that could only be fiieled by illicit sexual love.
Asylum is a terrifying exploration of the extremes to which erotic obsession can drive us. Patrick McGrath brings his own dazzling blend of cool artistry and visceral engagement to this mesmerizing story of fatal love and its unspeakably tragic aftermath. And in Stella Raphael, a woman who tears dovra the walls of her constricted existence to pursue a dangerous passion, he has created a character who will long be remembered for her willingness to take the ultimate risk, even while paying the ultimate price. Vissza