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by Anne Fine (Author)
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  • Paperback: 218 pages
  • Publisher: Black Swan; New edition edition (1 Oct 1999)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0552998281
  • ISBN-13: 978-0552998284
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.4 x 2.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 377,234 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Nobody, not even his former wife Margaret, has ever treated Ian Laidlaw in a natural way. Presented with his hideous facial scars, everyone he meets reliably falls back on cast-iron, distant courtesy to hide pity or disgust or shock. But then Alicia Davie, a careless young student, breaks the rules totally by laughing in his face. Alicia goes on to infiltrate the hidden man, exposing the obsessive, destructive passions that lurk beneath his primly cordial manner, never realizing that she is playing with fire...


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Nobody, not even his former wife Margaret, has ever treated Ian Laidlaw in a natural way. Presented with his hideous facial scars, everyone he meets reliably falls back on cast-iron, distant courtesy to hid pity or disgust or shock. But then Alicia Davie, a careless young student, breaks the rules totally by laughing in his face. Alicia goes on to infiltrate the hidden man, exposing the obsessive, destructive passions that lurk beneath his primly cordial manner, never realizing that she is playing with fire...
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4.0 out of 5 stars An expertly crafted and sinister novel., 8 Aug 2000
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This is a very cleverly crafted novel. Fine expertly provides the reader with a facinating gradual exposure of a disturbed mind behind a successfully functional facade. The insight into the psyche of the main character exposes both touchingly sad and deeply disturbing facets. The subtly developing tale reaches a sinister and disturbing conclusion, not spoiled by the sense of inevitability hinted at the start. A compulsive and thrilling book that will haunt the reader long after the last page is finished.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Suspense, 25 Oct 2009
Anne Fine lives up to her name and has produced the most interesting book which quietly and calmly reveals the innermost secrets of a man and his life with disfigurement.
This would make a good study book for a psychology A Level!
The reader is led to think that there may be a happy outcome when the professor and the student meet but there does not seem to be any happiness in the book.
The prose is superb and, happily, there are no explicit sexual descriptions.
An eye-opening story very well told.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Good in Parts, 7 May 2009
By miss waspy (edinburgh Great Britain) - See all my reviews
I read this over twenty years ago, twice in fact, though I'm not sure I'd read it now. I remember thinking it was quite a sexy book, well written and rather gloomy. I agree with both previous reviews, it's very well written but then, all of a sudden, at the end he does WHAT? Why'd he do that? I suppose the whole point was about a supremely controlled man suddenly losing it completely.I'd recommend it if you like to think more about the characters' motives than the plot. I probably wouldn't read it now because I object to the idea of some middle aged lecturer swarming all over a young student. Five stars to balance out the fact that one reviewer is in twice, his second 2 and my five average out at 3.5 which I think is about right.
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