Paperback, 96 pages
English language
Published Aug. 4, 1970 by Pan Books.
Paperback, 96 pages
English language
Published Aug. 4, 1970 by Pan Books.
A short novel written in an experimental blend of play and novel. The story is a simple morality play set in a circus. When an ageing man’s young wife suspects that her husband is sterile she decides to seduce his young assistant solely to become pregnant, wanting to give her husband the child he craves. When the husband discovers the truth he must come to terms with his pride.