Winner of the National Book Award
Subtitle: a novel of fame, honor, and really bad weather
By: Jincy Willett.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 323
Subjects: Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction; Eccentrics and eccentricities -- Fiction; Women -- New England -- Fiction; Women librarians -- Fiction; Sisters -- Fiction; Murder -- Fiction; Poets -- Fiction; New England -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: Twin sisters Dorcas, a woman of certain sexual appetites, and Abigail, prim and virginal, find themselves targeted by predatory poet Conrad, who finds in the sisters a challenge to test his skills as a manipulator and seducer.