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Jan 13, 2011
Rosemary
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Californian student Richard Papen gets financial aid to attend college in New England where he lies about his background in order to be accepted by a small, elite group of Classics students. But events spiral out of control and he is soon mixed up in all kinds of excess, leading to murder.
This is not a mystery but a novel about obsession, excess and elitism, told from the point of view of somebody who is only half inside the circle. It begins with a murder in the prologue, and the first half of ...more
This is not a mystery but a novel about obsession, excess and elitism, told from the point of view of somebody who is only half inside the circle. It begins with a murder in the prologue, and the first half of ...more
I've given up at page 199, don't think its flowing well and all too confusing - not quite taken off for me and not sure I wanna read another 400 pages in the hope that it does - Shame.
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Mar 12, 2011
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