<![CDATA[Gordon: A Novel]]>

false <![CDATA[Gordon: A Novel]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180978160m/1099660.jpg 1099660 4 Originally written under a pseudonym, this thrilling novel of passion in post-World War II London was banned upon its publication in the late 1960s, and is only now being republished under the author’s real name. Edith Templeton creates an indelible character in the smartly dressed Louisa, a savvy young woman in the midst of a divorce who meets a charismatic man in a pub and within an hour has been sexually conquered by him on a garden bench. Thus begins her baffling but magnetic love affair with, and virtual enslavement to, Richard Gordon. Gordon, a psychiatrist, keeps Louisa in his thrall with his almost omniscient ability to see through her and she, in turn, is gripped by the deep, unexpected pleasure of complete submission. As they venture further and further into the depths—both psychological and sexual—she begins, for the first time, to understand her troubled history and the self that has emerged from it. In her clean, precise style, with every social nuance and motive exquisitely observed, Templeton delivers a tightly wound drama, unsparingly forthright in its description of how this form of love can bring incomparable rapture. Louisa’s unsettling story has more than the ring of truth to it: it is told with urgency and relish, and its outcome, which leaves Louisa enlightened and changed forever, is profoundly satisfying. 1086535 4 3 2003 Gordon: A Novel total:42|5:14|4:11|3:12|2:4|1:1| 42 159 60 3 5 0 false false Sun Jan 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 14 20:04:41 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 14 20:06:02 -0800 2009 2 0 false false Mon Sep 08 06:16:08 -0700 2008 Sat Nov 22 09:06:29 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Thu Apr 17 13:58:25 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 17 13:59:09 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Tue Oct 20 15:31:33 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 15:31:33 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sat Oct 17 16:47:32 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 17 16:47:32 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Oct 14 18:57:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 01 14:36:41 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 18:57:00 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Sep 25 10:52:13 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 25 10:52:13 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Fri Sep 25 08:02:19 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 25 08:02:19 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Sep 10 02:41:41 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 02:42:18 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Jul 28 09:34:29 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 09:34:46 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Jul 16 06:47:47 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 06:47:47 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sun Jul 12 17:49:30 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 17:49:30 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue May 05 19:56:56 -0700 2009 Tue May 05 19:56:56 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Mar 16 20:32:57 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 16 20:32:57 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Mar 06 00:31:26 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 06 00:31:26 -0800 2009 1 0 false false Wed Mar 04 04:38:59 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 04 04:38:59 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Thu Feb 12 17:17:24 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 12 17:17:24 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Fri Jan 02 18:53:52 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 02 18:53:52 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Dec 16 12:54:58 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 16 12:55:00 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Tue Oct 28 11:21:12 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 28 11:21:12 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1099660