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Nice little tales of obsessive, destructive affairs please...!

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sleepyted · 15/01/2007 19:39

Have just read "Killing Me Softly" by Nicci French but also loved Anna Karenina. Can anyone recommend anything to indulge my little fantasies please?!

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decafskinnylatte · 18/01/2007 16:35

Oops. That should have been "She MAY Not Leave"

decafskinnylatte · 18/01/2007 16:31

She Came to Stay - Simone de Beauvoir
She Did Not Leave - Fay Weldon

Loved the first, just started the second. Interested to know what you think.

JackieNo · 18/01/2007 16:09

No worries.

TeeCee · 18/01/2007 16:04

Sorry Jackie, I skimmed the thread to see if it had been mentioned but still missed your post, sorry.

JackieNo · 18/01/2007 15:52

That was Damage - the one I mentioned, TeeCee. Where Jeremy Irons is a politician having an affair with his son's fiancee.

TeeCee · 18/01/2007 15:40

Whats that book they made into a film where the dad is sleeping with his son's wife?
Think the man was played by Jeremy Irons and the woman's character name was Anna.

boogiewoogie · 18/01/2007 15:38

les liaisons dangereuses.
I hope I've spelt it correctly!

sunnywong · 17/01/2007 09:04

Sobernow is right, Therese Raquin is a corker but it was by Emile Zola. If you liked Anna K you will LOVE this one.

Enduring Love, Ian McEwan is about obsessive love and all

ShinyHappyPeopleHoldingHands · 17/01/2007 08:57

Notes on a Scandal is odd, disturbing (on many levels; not just the obvious - the teacher shagging a pupil aspect) and completely unputdownably. I read it on holiday in one night.

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sleepyted · 17/01/2007 08:54

Have ordered a couple of these from Amazon - thanks for all the suggestions!!

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Cappuccino · 16/01/2007 10:53

nothing natural by Jenny Diski

JackieNo · 16/01/2007 10:52

It's a load of tosh, really. Looks good, but there's loads of quite embarrassing sex, with Jeremy Irons (iyswim).

Dinosaur · 16/01/2007 10:49

I have read the book but not seen the film.

JackieNo · 15/01/2007 23:02

How about Damage by Josephine Hart? Remember the film with Jeremy Irons?

NotAnOtter · 15/01/2007 22:49

bink - you have convinced me!

SickJealousandWorried · 15/01/2007 21:44

You could always read my thread in chat under "private detective wanted".....

Dinosaur · 15/01/2007 21:42

Bink, it is excellent, isn't it? DH was utterly hooked.

christie1 · 15/01/2007 21:41

Just finished Dr. Zvivargo (excuse spelling please). Depressing as hell but excellent. The first part a bit of a slog but once they are on the train to siberia, it moves along. Not uplifting but if you want doomed love...it's your book!

Bink · 15/01/2007 21:30

OH look at THIS

NotAnOtter · 15/01/2007 21:10

Alberto Moravia
Its a long time since i read them but they are fab and he wrote a lot

NotAnOtter · 15/01/2007 21:07

Gosh you sound like me I loved Anna Karenin ( i dont think it has an A on the end)! Also Therese Raquin and all Hardy has me weak at the knees

I am so INTRIGUED by that posy simmonds book as I love her illustrations and did not know she wrote

now who is that italian bloke ..he of Bitter Honeymoon...

SmileysPeople · 15/01/2007 20:55

Damn, you win.

It's fab though, just one of a few books I've read more than once as an adult.

Also On Green Dolphin Street by Sebastian Faulkes.
Actually thinking about it don't all his books have a destructive affair in them somewhere?

blueshoes · 15/01/2007 20:53

The Bridges of Madison County Cried buckets

beansprout · 15/01/2007 20:52

Snap!!

beansprout · 15/01/2007 20:52

Are you looking for pervy sex or the more longy, angsty stuff?

The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton) is a good one for the latter category.