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Abse goes on to show how the traumatic effects of Balir's childhood left him a loner, an estranged man who sought to resolve his private dilemmas in rock music and religion and then, belatedly, in politics.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49530877673745,"sku":"GOR001946591","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52136040038673,"sku":"GOR003073437","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53251023372561,"sku":"GOR003646965","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1861056982.jpg?v=1751379602"},{"product_id":"bi-sexuality-of-daniel-defoe-book-leo-abse-9781855754560","title":"The Bi-sexuality of Daniel Defoe","description":"Daniel Defoe (1660-1731) is known to many only by his first novel, \"Robinson Crusoe\", astonishingly written as he approached his sixtieth year. Acknowledged as the first of English novelists, he has also been awarded accolades for being the 'Father of Journalism', the most successful spy in British history, the precursor to contemporary depth psychologists, the most daring of early feminists, the most devious of confidence tricksters and fraudulent entrepreneurs, the unsurpassed travelogue presenter, the first spin-doctor and speech-writer to a king. Hurling his defiances against the Established Church and Roman Catholicism, he was also the intrepid upholder of dissenting beliefs. Leo Abse deploys his forensic skills as a distinguished criminal lawyer and reforming parliamentarian to present an intriguing and novel Freudian overview of all Defoe's major works. Weaving the anecdotal and the personal with profound revelatory explorations of the psychodynamics and psychopathology of Defoe, his conclusions, strikingly relevant to today's political dilemmas, will precipitate debate in university English departments, startle many literary critics and be of absorbing interest to psychoanalysts, psychotherapists, criminologists and all working in the field of mental health.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49552794517777,"sku":"GOR005034402","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1855754568.jpg?v=1751154994"},{"product_id":"margaret-daughter-of-beatrice-book-leo-abse-9780224027267","title":"Margaret, Daughter of Beatrice","description":"Published to coincide with both the Labour Party conference and the Conservative Party conference in the tenth year of the Prime Minister's reign in office, this book traces the continuing public consequences of Thatcher's relationship with her mother, whom she repudiates so brutally. This is the story of how a bleak early family life have, to the detriment of the nation, left the Prime Minister a driven woman, forever desperately working out her private travails on the public stage. Abse's insights illuminate the compulsive psychological needs which distort the Prime Minister's decision making and which he claims determine the sado-masochistic relationship between Thatcher and a large section of the electorate. Leo Abse was MP for Pontypool between 1958 and 1987. 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They take as their starting point stories from the Old Testament. For Abse, the Bible provided a great inspiration for analysis, reflection, and speculation. His own distinctive voice is evident in every essay. Chapters include: Jubal: A discursive meditation on music and its origins; Jacob's wrestling match; The judgment of Solomon; Abishag: The lure of incest; and The nakedness of Noah.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51892850753809,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51892850917649,"sku":"GOR004779939","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781855758322.jpg?v=1754825307"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/collections\/author-books-by-leo-abse.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}