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| The Curative |
Nominated ISBN: 0140297537 |
Find out more about the author on the following websites:
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| Charlotte Randall | ||
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| Wellington City Libraries, Wellington, New Zealand |
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ABOUT THE
BOOK
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The
narrator of The Curative is an inmate of Bedlam, the London
mental asylum. He is living chained to a wall in unspeakably horrible
conditions, yet he is witty, urbane and seemingly sane. He reflects on
freedom, on love and on love lost, and on the fleeting nature of happiness.
As the story unfolds we learn about the bizarre treatments he has endured under the asylum's curative regimen, his life before Bedlam, and the answers to the critical questions: Why is this man here? What has he done? |
| ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
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Charlotte
Randall's
first novel, Dead Sea Fruit, won the SouthEast Asian/South
Pacific section of the Commonwealth Writer's Prize for Best First Book.
Randall has a background in psychological research and is now a fulltime
writer. Born and raised in Dunedin, New Zealand, she now lives in Wellington
with her husband and children.
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