Rustication: A Novel

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It Is Winter 1863, And Richard Shenstone, Aged Seventeen, Has Been Sent Down--'rusticated'--from Cambridge Under A Cloud Of Suspicion. Addicted To Opium And Tormented By Sexual Des ire, He Finds Temporary Refuge In A Dilapidated Old Mansion On The Southern English Coast Inhabited By His Newly Impoverished Mother And His Sister, Effie. Soon, Graphic And Threatening Letters Begin To Circulate Among His Neighbors, And Richard Finds Himself The Leading Suspect In A Series Of Crimes And Misdemeanors Ranging From Vivisection To Murder--dust Jacket Flap. Charles Palliser. Author: Palliser, Charles. Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Pages: 336 Publication Date: 2013 Edition: 1st Binding: Hardcover MSRP: 25.95 ISBN13: 9780393088724 ISBN: 0393088723 Other ISBN: 9780393241501 Other ISBN Binding: print Language: en Quality Rating: 1 "Book cover image may be different than what appears on the actual book." Show more