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Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd, 1990. Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and the frontfree endpaper which probably had the date sheet on was neatly removed - Dust Jacket in very good condition. >>> Very complex tale of a 20-year old poetically-inclined misfit on a trip to Rome to come to terms with his childhood traumas & re-establish some rapport with his estranged father. Naturally, Moravia explores sexual themes with some prurient relish, as Mario, the protagonist, becomes involved with 3 females...each, in their own way, a physical representation of his late mother's place in her son's tortured psyche. With a vibrant translation by the highly-rated Tim Parks to boot, it is a good, if lurid, read! (Andrew on Goodreads)
