Poison by Susan Fromberg Schaeffer
The death of flamboyant writer and womanizer Peter Grosvenor sets in motion a series of spiraling events surrounding his legacy and his estate. His bitter third wife, his two children, his sister, his friends, and his would-be biographers are drawn into a maelstrom of intense memories and painful encounters as each of the major players in Peter's life seeks to appropriate Peter's estate for his or her own purposes. As a complex story of passion, jealousy, and loss unfolds, the figures that had once blossomed in Peter's presence spin off into their own orbits and turn against one another without the anchor of his charismatic presence. Ultimately, the tragedy and scandal that marred his life cannot be ended even by his death. Susan Fromberg Schaeffer writes with exquisite flavor and measure; character, history, and relationships build into a large, minutely detailed canvas and remind us why she is a master of the epic novel. Reading group guide included.
"Schaeffer is a masterful storyteller, revealing the innermost lives of her meticulously created characters until we know them better than we know ourselves...Schaeffer's extraordinarily insightful and stylish prose alone makes this worth reading." -- Booklist
"Utterly fascinating fiction....a novel in which nearly everything happens in terms of the range of human behavior and emotions....[Schaeffer] deftly takes us in and out of the minds of all her characters, exposing their vulnerabilities, neuroses, psychoses, fears, anxieties, agendas." -- Chicago Tribune
"Poison reads as if Virginia Woolf had taken a surgeon's scalpel and cut to the heart of a literary legend." -- Ellen Feldman
"Utterly fascinating fiction....a novel in which nearly everything happens in terms of the range of human behavior and emotions....[Schaeffer] deftly takes us in and out of the minds of all her characters, exposing their vulnerabilities, neuroses, psychoses, fears, anxieties, agendas." -- Chicago Tribune
"Poison reads as if Virginia Woolf had taken a surgeon's scalpel and cut to the heart of a literary legend." -- Ellen Feldman
Susan Fromberg Schaeffer (1940 - 2011) was a Professor of English and author of fourteen novels, six poetry collections, and other works.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780393061017 |
| ISBN 10 | 0393061019 |
| Titel | Poison |
| Autor | Susan Fromberg Schaeffer |
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| Bindungsart | Hardback |
| Verlag | WW Norton & Co |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2006-03-22 |
| Seitenanzahl | 608 |
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