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The Book Collector

Paperback • 2015

The Book Collector

By Alice Thompson

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About the book

In Edwardian England, Violet has a fairy tale existence: loving husband, beautiful baby son and luxurious home. She wants for nothing. But soon after the birth of her baby the idyll begins to disintegrate. Violet becomes obsessed by a book of fairy tales her husband has locked away in a safe. Paranoid hallucinations begin to haunt her and she starts to question her sanity. Meanwhile, vulnerable young women are starting to disappear from the nearby asylum. Soon Violet herself is interned in the a...Show more

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ISBN

9781784630430

Publisher

Salt Publishing

Published year

2015

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The Book Collector

Format

Paperback

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