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Saul and Patsy

Charles Baxter

2003317 pagesabout 5–7 hours
2003
first published
  • 2003Pantheon Books · 317 pages · ENGISBN 9780375410291
  • 2004Thorndike Press · 543 pages · ENGISBN 9780786262243
  • 2005Random House Publishing Group · 336 pages · ENGISBN 9780375709166
  • 2007Phoenix Audio · ENGISBN 9781597771498

A seemingly happy domestic scene is turned upside down by the obsessive attentions of a troubled sixteen-year-old boy.

How it feels

Emotional toneUnflinching

How it reads

Plot intensityCharacter driven
Character focusTwo hander
ComplexityLayered

Worth knowing

Romance levelCentral

When and where

ThemesLove
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