“One knows what being in love is like and it is a very terrible thing.”
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"John Ducane, a respected Whitehall civil servant, is asked to investigate the suicide of a colleague. As he pursues his inquiry he uncovers a shabby, evil world of murder, blackmail and black magic. He begins to feel more trapped than trapping." --Cover.
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Iris Murdoch
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“One knows what being in love is like and it is a very terrible thing.”
“There are eternal bonds which are made in registry offices and in churches, there are eternal bonds which are made in other and stranger and more terrible ways.”
“Why do I always have to be helping people . . . and getting no help myself?”