The first book of a trilogy. A wealthy, cynical, selfish English doctor dominates the life of his small family in the South of France. His wife drinks to escape the misery of his tyranny, while his five-year-old son responds to psychological sadism by dicing with death on the edge of a well.
- ISBN10 0434734527
- ISBN13 9780434734528
- Publish Date December 1992 (first published 5 November 1992)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 4 December 1992
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Cornerstone
- Imprint William Heinemann Ltd
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 128
- Language English