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From the internationally acclaimed Nobel laureate comes a richly conceived novel that illuminates the full spectrum of desire. May, Christine, Heed, Junior, Vida -- even L: all women obsessed by Bill Cosey. More than the wealthy owner of the famous Cosey Hotel and Resort, he shapes their yearnings for father, husband, lover, guardian, friend, yearnings that dominate the lives of these women long after his death. Yet while he is both the void in, and the centre of, their stories, he himself is driven by secret forces -- a troubled past and a spellbinding woman named Celestial. This audacious…
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Editions
28 editions · 8 languages- Ebook · English · 2008Random House Publishing Group · 9781407020365
- Audiobook · English · 2007RH Audio · 9780739342282
- Paperback · English · 2005Vintage · 224 pages · 9781400078479
- Paperback · English · 2004Vintage · 320 pages · 9780099474487
- Paperback · English · 2004Vintage · 208 pages · 9780099455493
- Ebook · English · 2003Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · 9781400041855
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