8vo. Pp. [viii], 247. Pictorial wraps.
Signed by Duncker to title page.
Author's third novel. A disturbing and erotic psychological thriller with Oedipal undertones by the author of Hallucinating Foucault and The Doctor. Named after her aunt, poet Patricia Beer, since 2007 Duncker has been Professor of Contemporary Literature at the University of Manchester. "Combines intellectual playfulness with deadly suspense." –Literary Review