{"product_id":"asylum-paperback","title":"Asylum - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePatrick McGrath\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom our most celebrated writer of the psychological thriller comes this nerve-wracking yet eerily beautiful work of erotic obsession and madness. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the summer of 1959 Stella Raphael joins her psychiatrist husband, Max, at his new posting--a maximum-security hospital for the criminally insane. Beautiful and headstrong, Stella soon falls under the spell of Edgar Stark, a brilliant and magnetic sculptor who has been confined to the hospital for murdering his wife in a psychotic rage. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut Stella's knowledge of Edgar's crime is no hindrance to the volcanic attraction that ensues--a passion that will consume Stella's sanity and destroy her and the lives of those around her.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom our most celebrated writer of the psychological thriller comes this nerve-wracking yet eerily\u003cbr\u003ebeautiful work of erotic obsession and madness. In the summer of 1959 Stella Raphael joins her\u003cbr\u003epsychiatrist husband, Max, at his new posting--a maximum-security hospital for the criminally\u003cbr\u003einsane. Beautiful and headstrong, Stella soon falls under the spell of Edgar Stark, a brilliant\u003cbr\u003eand magnetic sculptor who has been confined to the hospital for murdering his wife in a psychotic\u003cbr\u003erage. But Stella's knowledge of Edgar's crime is no hindrance to the volcanic attraction that\u003cbr\u003eensues--a passion that will consume Stella's sanity and destroy her and the lives of those around\u003cbr\u003eher.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePatrick McGrath was born in London and grew up near Broadmoor Hospital, where for many years his father was a medical superintendent. He is the author of \u003cb\u003eBlood and Water and Other Tales\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eThe Grotesque\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eSpider\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eDr. Haggard's Disease\u003c\/b\u003e, and he was the co-editor, with Bradford Morrow, of \u003cb\u003eThe New Gothic\u003c\/b\u003e. He lives in New York City and London and is married to the actress Maria Aitken.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.61 x 8.03 x 5.23 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 03, 1998\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42691749085247,"sku":"9780679781387","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/df492b46c10c3a4e52bb4f3b1e8b60e2.webp?v=1764993091","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/asylum-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}