From 2016 Man Booker longlisted Virginia Reeves comes a moving and
riveting new novel about the head doctor of a mental institution
whose marriage and job come under threat when he and a younger
patient develop a relationship. Doctor Ed Malinowski believes he
has realized most of his dreams. A passionate, ambitious
behavioural psychologist, he is now the superintendent of a mental
institution and finally turning the previously crumbling hospital
around. He also has a home he can be proud of, and a fiercely
independent, artistic wife Laura, whom he hopes will soon be
pregnant. But into this perfect vision of his life comes Penelope,
a beautiful, young epileptic who should never have been placed in
his institution and whose only chance at getting out is Ed. She is
intelligent, charming and slowly falling in love with her
charismatic, compassionate doctor. As their relationship grows more
complicated and Laura stubbornly starts working at his hospital, Ed
must weigh his professional responsibilities against his personal
ones and find a way to save both his job and his family. A love
triangle set in one of the most chaotic, combustible settings
imaginable, The Behaviour of Love is an incredibly compulsive,
poignant exploration of marriage, lust, and ambition from one of
America's great young literary talents. 'Reeves's theme - as in her
debut - is the limits of forgiveness. She's a superb writer, moving
with crisp, swift strokes over the thorny question of how far
people ever change' Daily Mail Praise for Work Like Any Other: 'A
striking debut about love and redemption, the heavy burdens of
family and guilt and learning how to escape them. Powerfully told
and lyrically written, there is not a false note in this book.
Reeves is a major new talent' Philipp Meyer, author of The Son
'Work Like Any Other is an exceptional novel told in clear, direct,
and starkly beautiful language. Virginia Reeves has a gift for
bringing to life all the tensions that emerge wherever people,
place, and progress collide. I absolutely loved it' Kevin Powers,
author of The Yellow Birds 'Assured and absorbing... a potent mix
of icy honesty and heart-wrenching tenderness' Jim Crace
'Beautifully written, this is an unusual and moving debut' Sunday
Times 'A slow-burning pleasure. Brutal, beautiful, and to some
significant extent, redemptive' Daily Mail
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