Good Behavior
by Molly Keane
Buy on AmazonI do know how to behave - believe me, because I know. I have always known...' Behind the gates of Temple Alice the aristocratic Anglo-Irish St Charles family sinks into a state of decaying grace. To Aroon St Charles, large and unlovely daughter of the house, the fierce forces of sex, money, jealousy and love seem locked out by the ritual patterns of good behaviour. But crumbling codes of conduct cannot hope to save the members of the St Charles family from their own unruly and inadmissible desires.
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"Good Behavior presents a character whose own strict Christian code wreaks havoc on all those around her. Hilarious and sinister."
By the Book: Allan Gurganus · nytimes.com