Title: A severed head
First published: October 1, 1988
Description: Martin Lynch-Gibbon believes he can possess both a beautiful wife and a delightful lover. But when his wife, Antonia, suddenly leaves him for her psychoanalyst, Martin is plunged into an intensive emotional re-education. He attempts to behave beautifully and sensibly. Then he meets a woman whose demonic splendour at first repels him and later arouses a consuming and monstrous passion. As his Medusa informs him, 'this is nothing to do with happiness'.
Subjects: Man-woman relationships, Fiction, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Classic Literature, Literature, relationships, love, marriage, friends and lovers, Fiction in English, Interpersonal relations, Social life and customs
Places: London, Cambridge, Japan, United States, New York