The conformist / Albeto Moravia ; translated by Angus Davidson
1976, Reprint. Harmondsworth, Middlesex : Penguin. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Item #333933
ISBN: 0140028854
Physical description: 300 pages; 19 cm. Subjects:
Moravia, Alberto 1907-1990.
Italian literature 20th century. Fascism Italy; Fiction. Italian fiction. Italy Politics and government 1922-1945; Fiction. Summary: Since childhood [Marcello] Clerici has struggled with conflicting urges--a compulsion to hurt others and an obsessive desire to conform. ... When he is assigned to kill a former professor, now in exile, and falls unexpectedly in love with a strange, compelling woman, his life is torn open.
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