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The Face of Trespass

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The Face of Trespass
First edition cover (UK)
AuthorRuth Rendell
LanguageEnglish
GenreCrime/Mystery novel
PublisherHutchinson (UK)
The Crime Club (US)
Publication date
5 March 1974
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (Hardcover)
Pages192 pp
ISBN0-09-117680-8
OCLC948644
823/.9/14
LC ClassPZ4.R4132 Fac3 PR6068.E63

The Face of Trespass is a psychological thriller[1] novel by British writer Ruth Rendell, first published in 1974.[2] The novel, largely told in flashbacks, follows Graham "Gray" Lanceton, a writer involved with a woman named Drusilla Browne who asks him to kill her wealthy husband. Lanceton becomes entangled in an intense, destructive affair with Browne, whom he sees as a "succubus."[3]

An Affair in Mind, a movie adaptation of the novel by the BBC starring Stephen Dillane and Amanda Donohoe, was released in 1988.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Winks, Robin (1 October 2010). Mystery and Suspense Writers: Ross MacDonald to women of mystery. Scribner's Sons. ISBN 9780684805207. Archived from the original on 18 August 2024. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  2. ^ "The Face of Trespass". Kirkus Reviews. Archived from the original on 13 March 2024. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  3. ^ Fass Leavy, Barbara (7 August 2012). The Fiction of Ruth Rendell. Poisoned Pen Press, Incorporated. ISBN 9781615953394. Archived from the original on 13 March 2024. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  4. ^ "The Face of Trespass". RuthRendell.info. Archived from the original on 13 March 2024. Retrieved 17 March 2023.