A Scarcity of Love
first published 1971 Peter Owen modern classics, 2009 paperback 200 pages
The author of this extraordinary novel was a heroin addict who died by her own hand in December of 1968 [Note: this is not proven - J.H.]. Out of her terrifying experience with mental illness she created a body of fiction of intense, near-surrealist artistry, but it is only posthumously that she is receiving the wider acclaim which her writing commands. The present work, first published in 1956, contains some of her...
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