Envy: A Novel

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Will has a good sex life–with the woman he married. So why then is he increasingly plagued by violent erotic fantasies that, were they to break out of his imagination and into the real world, have the power to destroy not only his family but his career? He’s about to lose his grip when he attends a college reunion and there discovers evidence of a past sexual betrayal, one serious enough that it threatens to overpower the present, even as it offers a key to Will’s dangerous obsessions.

Hypnotic, beautifully written, this mesmerizing novel by “an extremely gifted writer” (San Francisco Chronicle) explores the corrosive effect of evil–and how painful psychological truths long buried within a family can corrupt the present and, through courage and understanding, lead to healing and renewal. “Like Scheherezade in the grip of a fever dream, Kathryn Harrison . . . has written one of those rare books, in language of unparalleled beauty, that affirm the holiness of life,” said Shirley Ann Grau, about Poison. And the same can be said about Envy.

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000XUDH8E
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Random House
Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more
Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 18, 2007
Edition ‏ : ‎ Reprint
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 764 KB
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Print length ‏ : ‎ 338 pages
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0307430939
Page Flip ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Best Sellers Rank: #1,821,779 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store) #2,341 in Psychological Fiction (Kindle Store) #2,373 in Contemporary Literary Fiction #5,111 in Psychological Thrillers (Kindle Store)
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