Fear of De Sade (2004)
Fear of De Sade is a 2004 Portuguese-language psychological fiction book written by Bernardo Carvalho.
From the award-winning Brazilian author of Nine Nights comes a twisting psychological novel of literary intrigue, sexual desire, and murder. In the pitch-black cell of an asylum, possibly in nineteenth-century France, a "baron" carries on an extended dialogue with a disembodied "voice." Arrested for a crime that he has no memory of, the baron swears to his innocence throughout. In contemporary France, a husband and wife push each other into increasingly violent and extreme situations in what is evidently a deeply twisted marriage. There is only one possible outcome as the stakes continue to escalate. And where there is murder, there must be a murderer. But as Bernardo Carvalho's ingeniously structured novel explores man's capacity to deceive and damage, nothing is quite as it first appears. "Carvalho's is a bold talent.", Scotland on Sunday
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What is Fear of De Sade about?
From the award-winning Brazilian author of Nine Nights comes a twisting psychological novel of literary intrigue, sexual desire, and murder. In the pitch-black cell of an asylum, possibly in nineteenth-century France, a "baron" carries on an extended dialogue with a disembodied "voice." Arrested for a crime that he has no memory of, the baron swears to his innocence throughout. In contemporary France, a husband and wife push each other into increasingly violent and extreme situations in what is evidently a deeply twisted marriage. There is only one possible outcome as the stakes continue to escalate. And where there is murder, there must be a murderer. But as Bernardo Carvalho's ingeniously structured novel explores man's capacity to deceive and damage, nothing is quite as it first appears. "Carvalho's is a bold talent.", Scotland on Sunday
When was Fear of De Sade published?
Fear of De Sade was published in 2004.
Who made Fear of De Sade?
Fear of De Sade was written by Bernardo Carvalho.