Gordon

Description

"Originally written under a pseudonym, this thrilling novel of passion in post-World War II London was banned upon its publication in the late 1960s, and is only now being republished under the author's real name. Edith Templeton creates an indeliable character in the smartly dressed Louisa, a savvy young woman in the midst of a divorce who meets a charismatic man in a pub and within an hour has been sexually conquered by him on a garden bench. Thus begins her baffling but magnetic love affair with, and virtual enslavement to, Richard Gordon." "Gordon, a psychiatrist, keeps Louisa in his thrall with his almost omniscient ability to see through her and she, in turn, is gripped by the deep, unexpected pleasure of complete submission. As they venture further and further into the depths - both psychological and sexual - she begins, for the first time, to understand her troubled history and the self that has emerged from it."--BOOK JACKET.

First Sentence

At a quarter to six in the afternoon on a sunny day in June, I was sitting near the bar counter at Shepherds watching a man above the rim of my glass.

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Other Editions

• Gordon: A NovelPaperbackVintage2004-05-11
• GordonViking2002-01-01
• GordonPantheon Books2003-01-01
• GordonPantheon2003-03-04
• GordonPenguin Books Ltd2004-05-27
• GordonPaperbackRquer Editoral2005-09-01