The Case of Lucy Bending by Lawrence Sanders (1982)

The Case of Lucy Bending
by Lawrence Sanders
Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons
Copyright: 1982

In his long line of bestsellers, Lawrence Sanders has proven himself a master of the dark side of the heart. Now, in The Case of Lucy Bending, he takes his talent to a new, ambitious level, probing the morals and mores of a whole society, and the lifestyles -- visible and hidden -- that make it what it is.

Th setting: the Florida Gold Coast, among the prosperous, the lecherous, the driven, where best friends may be something worse, and innocent bronzed children excite the eye -- and fire the fantasies.

The protagonist: Dr. Theodore Levin, child psychiatrist, a dedicated and compassionate man, forced to act against his inclination as the avenging angel of a whole community.

The victim: Lucy Bending, a seemingly well-adjusted, lovely eight-year-old, whose aberrent nymphet behavior is so out of character she almost seems possessed. But Levin knows differently. He knows that somewhere in this wealthy, languid society, within the Bendings' respectable circle, too much has happened, and, on at least one fateful occasion, too much was witnessed.

As he presses ever closer to the heart of Lucy's trauma, and the sexual subculture around her reveals itself to have a violent, cutting edge, Levin sees it is too late to turn back, even if the price of Lucy's cure is another's destruction.

Studded with a multitude of provocative subplots, The Case of Lucy Bending grows from the fascinating story of one particular child to encompass the wealth of sins, misalliances and hidden excesses that exist, but rarely surface, in any town. Steeped in the lush sun- and rum-drenched aura of southern Florida, peopled by a cast of characters to desperate to forget, here is a novel as sweeping and complex as any Lawrence Sanders has written. The Case of Lucy Bending is his major novel.

Condition: Used. Hardcover. Dust cover shows shelf wear, discoloration and a little edge wear. Dust cover flaps are darkening on the edges. Pages are tanning from age. Previous owner's "Library of" stamp is on the front endpaper.

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