Killjoy
By: Anne Fine ; aus dem Englischen von Jürgen Bauer und Edith Nerke
Contributors: Bauer, Ju rgen; Nerke, Edith
Publisher: Diogenes
Published: 1991
Place of publication: Zürich, Switzerland
Language: ger
Translated from: eng
Translation of: The Killjoy
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 230
ISBN-13: 9783257219173
Copyright date: 1986
Subjects: Disfigured persons; Teacher-student relationships; Sadomasochism; Fiction
Work titles: Killjoy
Description: 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.