Colwin, Laurie

Passion and affect / Laurie Colwin. - New York : Penguin Books, 1984. - 179 p. - (The Penguin contemporary American fiction series) .

Reprint: Originally published: New York : Viking, 1974.

Animal behavior -- The elite viewer -- Dangerous French mistress -- The water rats -- The girl with the harlequin glasses -- Passion and affect -- The man who jumped into the water -- A road in Indiana -- The smartest woman in America -- Mr. Parker -- Imelda -- Children, dogs, and desperate men -- Wet -- The big plumb.

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