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The smell of bloodThe smell of blood

The smell of blood2002

Goffredo Parise

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"Sweet, sickening, and exhilarating, the smell of blood is the smell of life. A middle-aged psychiatrist has the power to detect it. His young mistress hungers for it. And his wife of twenty years, Silvia, has begun to emanate it - overpoweringly. Silvia's affair with a violent young idler arouses a chilling curiosity in her husband, and his obsession with the details of the relationship fuels fantasies that become self-fulfilling prophecies. The smell of blood grows stronger as he watches his wife enslaved by her lover's passions, and soon the odor of life becomes an omen of death."--Jacket.

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First published
2002
OL Work ID
OL158556W

Subjects

Fiction, generalAdulteryFiction

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