The Blood Oranges

John Hawkes

Original title: The blood oranges

first published 1971 Penguin (Non-Classics), 1998 paperback 288 pages

No synopsis or comparison can convey the novel's lyric comedy or, indeed, its sinister power - sinister because of the strength of will Cyril exerts over his wife, his mistress, his wife's reluctant lover; lyric, since he is also a "sex-singer" in the land where music is the food of love.

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The Blood Oranges paperback · 1998 · Penguin (Non-Classics) · 288 pages · 9780140267341
The blood oranges edition · 1972 · New Directions · 271 pages
The blood oranges. edition · 1971 · Chatto and Windus · 271 pages

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