Overview
Now filmed as Obsession on Netflix - starring Richard Armitage and Charlie Murphy
The New York Times bestselling masterpiece - a daring look at the dangers of obsession and the depth of its shattering consequences
''Damaged people are dangerous. They know they can survive.''
Damage is the gripping story of a man''s desperate obsession and scandalous love affair. He is a man who appears to have everything: wealth, a beautiful wife and children, and a prestigious political career in Parliament. But his life lacks passion, and his aching emptiness drives him to an all-consuming and ultimately catastrophic relationship with his son''s fiancée.
''A taut, sinister tale of erotic obsession'' Vanity Fair
''The effect is powerful: here is naked obsession, sulfurous, total, scarcely possible to live with'' Financial Times
''The reader looks on with mingled shock and fascination. A tour de force'' New York Times
''Unputdownable is here, for once, not hyperbolic'' Ruth Rendell
''Damage is a masterpiece'' Washington Post
''Passionate, elegant, ruthless'' Iris Murdoch
- | Author: Josephine Hart
- | Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
- | Publication Date: Dec 01, 2011
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- | Binding: Paperback / softback
- | ISBN-13: 9781844087181
- | ISBN-10: 1844087182
