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008			130704s1999 nyu 000 1 eng
010			_a98027654
020			_a9780609604175
050	0	0	_aPR6068.E63 _bS54 1999
082	0	0	_aMYS REN
100	1		_aRendell, Ruth _d(, 1930-2015)
245	1	2	_aA sight for sore eyes _b: a novel _c/ Ruth Rendell
260			_aNew York _b: Crown Publishers Inc. _c, c1998
300			_a327 p. _c; 23 cm.
520			_aA Sight for Sore Eyestells three stories, and for the longest time, the reader has no inkling of how they will come together. The first is a story of a little girl who has been scolded and sent to her room when her mother is brutally murdered; as Francine grows up, she is haunted by the experience, and it is years before she even speaks. Secondly, we become privy to the life of a young man, Teddy, born of unthinking young parents, who grows up almost completely ignored. Free of societal mores, he becomes a sociopath, who eventually discovers that killing can be an effective way to get what he wants. Thirdly, we meet Harriet, who from an early age has learned to use her beauty to make her way in the world. Bored by marriage to a wealthy, much older man, she scans the local newspapers for handymen to perform odd jobs around the house, including services in the bedroom. When these three plots strands finally converge, the result is harrowing and unforgettable.
651			_aEngland _v--Fiction
655		7	_aDetective and mystery stories
655		7	_aPsychological fiction
942			_cMO
999			_c271373 _d271373