The blood oranges
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The blood oranges

1971
FictionMan-woman relationshipsFiction, generalMan-woman relationships, fictionMediterranean region, fictionAmerican fiction (fictional works by one author)Fiction, romance, general

No synopsis or comparison can convey the novel's lyric comedy or, indeed, its sinister power - sinister because of the strength of will Cyril exerts over his wife, his mistress, his wife's reluctant lover; lyric, since he is also a "sex-singer" in the land where music is the food of love.

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