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Is this a clean book in terms of subject matter and contexto?

Virginia Arthur Embers: this book is a literary classic. It has absolutely no profanity or explicit sex in it. It just intimates the sex. It is about adultery/betraya…moreEmbers: this book is a literary classic. It has absolutely no profanity or explicit sex in it. It just intimates the sex. It is about adultery/betrayal/
and revenge but frames the character/plot in an almost Shakespearean way. (less)

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Is the character Konrad based on Joseph Conrad? He's born in Poland but his mother is French. He lives in 'the tropics' for an extended period and he becomes a British citizen later in life.

Erika Caselli Konrad is the friend, his mother is Polish.

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