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A Spy in the Family: An Erotic Comedy (Paperback)
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A Spy in the Family: An Erotic Comedy (Paperback)

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Paperback 254 Pages / Published: 20/12/2012
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Synopsis
First published in 1970, Alec Waugh described his novel as an erotic comedy. It is the story of a respectable Treasury official, Victor Trail, and his wife Myra, whose marriage has lost its flavour, owing to Victor's clock-work schedule and Myra's bland acceptance of it. The unexpected revelation that Victor has suspiciously altered his routine rouses Myra out of her complacency, and her jealousy rapidly changes the shape of their lives. It leads her into a series of quite extraordinary adventures and demimonde activities which are altogether astonishing in a respectable married woman. Her discomfiture is made all the more excruciating by her new-found intimacy with Victor, who apparently knows nothing about her illegal actions and amazing amatory diversions-or does he? The reader of this novel of sex and international intrigue is in for a number of surprises. The only unsurprising thing about it is that it is a marvellous piece of entertainment by a past master of the art.

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN: 9781448200610
Number of pages: 254
Weight: 297 g
Dimensions: 234 x 153 x 13 mm

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