Author : Richard Mason
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1509852492
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (98 download)
Book Synopsis The Shadow and the Peak by : Richard Mason
Download or read book The Shadow and the Peak written by Richard Mason and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2017-07-13 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Douglas Lockwood came to Jamaica to recover from the heartbreak of a messy divorce. But instead of peace he found passion, and three women who threatened to turn the island idyll into a summer storm . . . The school at which Douglas has come to teach is perched on an isolated hilltop, and its pupils run wild while the staff are engaged in their own private wars. The headmaster's wife is trying to tempt him into an affair, but his heart lies with Judy, an air hostess he rescued from a plane crash. And in the background is Sylvia, an uncontrollable young girl who is madly in love with him and caught up in an adult world she doesn't understand. A gorgeously cinematic novel, The Shadow and the Peak is a gripping story by the bestselling author of The World of Suzie Wong. It was filmed in 1958 as Passionate Summer, starring Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers.