Burden of Desire |
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| Author:
| MacNeil, Robert |
| ISBN: | 978-0-385-42019-8 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 1992 |
| Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
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| Imprint: | Nan A. Talese |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $22.50 |
Book Description:
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Set against a vived backdrop of a world at war,Burden of Desireopens with a cataclysmic explosions that provides the novel's extraordinary central metaphor. The blast and its aftermath, which devastates Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1917, rocks the lives of the three major characters, and ensures that the world as they know it will never be the same again. Brilliantly blending suspense and eroticism with rich historical detail, Robert MacNeil sets the stage for one of the most provocative...
More DescriptionSet against a vived backdrop of a world at war,Burden of Desireopens with a cataclysmic explosions that provides the novel's extraordinary central metaphor. The blast and its aftermath, which devastates Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1917, rocks the lives of the three major characters, and ensures that the world as they know it will never be the same again. Brilliantly blending suspense and eroticism with rich historical detail, Robert MacNeil sets the stage for one of the most provocative tales of desire and obsession to be found in recent fiction. Magnificent in scope,Burden of Desireis work of rare emotional power in which acts of love and war come vividly and sensually to life.