The story of a deadly love triangle set in New Orleans. Emma Miller, married and the mother of a five-year-old daughter, is obsessed by her increasingly sadomasochistic relationship with Pascal Toussaint, who is himself fixated upon Claire D'Anjou, a young novice with a passion for God.
- ISBN10 0395436133
- ISBN13 9780395436134
- Publish Date 1 November 1988 (first published July 1988)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 15 December 2009
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Houghton Mifflin
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 204
- Language English