No synopsis or comparison can convey the novel's lyric comedy or, indeed, its sinister power - sinister because of the strength of will Cyril exerts over his wife, his mistress, his wife's reluctant lover; lyric, since he is also a "sex-singer" in the land where music is the food of love.
Editions · 4
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1971 · Chatto and Windus
271 pp · EN
9780701117894
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1972 · New Directions
271 pp · EN
9780811200615
Paperback
1998 · Penguin (Non-Classics)
288 pp · EN
9780140267341
Paperback
New Directions Books
271 pp · EN
9780701117894
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