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"Paul Radcliffe, Paris-based British diplomat, has made a career out of being handsome, charming, and above all, discreet. But he harbors a secret that even he can't keep forever. Tess, Paul's eighteen-year-old babysitter, is what her femme fatale mother, Aurora, calls a "bill payer and clock winder." In short, Tess is a dependable sort of girl, and one rainy night Paul finds himself depending on her to keep the secret that has tormented him for fifteen years: his affair with and betrayal of an older woman, whom he still loves. Tess tells no one, until she realizes she has the power to change forever the lives of his wife and daughter."
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Self-Satisfied Lust for the Bizarre
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 12-13 February 1994; (p. rev 6)
— Review of Swimming the Channel 1993 single work novel -
Disappointing Rubbish
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 8 January 1994; (p. C9)
— Review of Swimming the Channel 1993 single work novel -
Cover-Up Jobs
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: London Magazine , February-March vol. 33 no. 11-12 1994; (p. 154-157)
— Review of Swimming the Channel 1993 single work novel -
Agony of Recognition
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Spring no. 136 1994; (p. 85-86)
— Review of Swimming the Channel 1993 single work novel ; Halcyon City 1994 single work novel ; Little Deaths 1993 selected work short story -
Dark Words from a Light Heart
1993
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 20-21 November 1993; (p. rev 6)
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Classical Triangles
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 27 August no. 4717 1993; (p. 22)
— Review of Swimming the Channel 1993 single work novel -
Forecasts
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Bookseller & Publisher , September vol. 73 no. 1041 1993; (p. 27)
— Review of Swimming the Channel 1993 single work novel -
Agony of Recognition
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Spring no. 136 1994; (p. 85-86)
— Review of Swimming the Channel 1993 single work novel ; Halcyon City 1994 single work novel ; Little Deaths 1993 selected work short story -
Cover-Up Jobs
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: London Magazine , February-March vol. 33 no. 11-12 1994; (p. 154-157)
— Review of Swimming the Channel 1993 single work novel -
Disappointing Rubbish
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 8 January 1994; (p. C9)
— Review of Swimming the Channel 1993 single work novel -
Dark Words from a Light Heart
1993
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 20-21 November 1993; (p. rev 6)
Last amended 30 Oct 2006 15:30:09
Subjects:
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Paris,
cFrance,cWestern Europe, Europe,
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London,
cEngland,ccUnited Kingdom (UK),cWestern Europe, Europe,
Settings:
- 1960s
- 1970s
- 1990s
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