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Sanctuary

William Faulkner author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Vintage Publishing

Published:2nd Jun '11

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Sanctuary cover

A terrifying story that scandalised Faulkner's editor into rejecting the original manuscript

Spolit, feckless Temple Drake, the daughter of a judge, runs away from school with an unsuitable man. Abandoned by him with a gang of moonshiners, Temple falls into the clutches of the psychotic Popeye, one of the most grotesque characters of Faulkner's imagination.Spolit, feckless Temple Drake, the daughter of a judge, runs away from school with an unsuitable man. Abandoned by him with a gang of moonshiners, Temple falls into the clutches of the psychotic Popeye, one of the most grotesque characters of Faulkner's imagination. A compelling, shocking tale of perverted justice in the Deep South, Sanctuary is also a moving plea for courage in the darkest of circumstances.

A haunting study of evil triumphant * New York Times *
Not a book for the fainthearted * Sunday Times *
Thick with menace, desire, compulsion and despair * Los Angeles Times *

ISBN: 9780099541028

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 15mm

Weight: 170g

240 pages