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      The Parasites

      by Daphne Du Maurier
      Published
      Jan 1949
      Main Genre
      Gothic Gothic
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      305
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      'When people play the game: Name three or four persons whom you would choose to have with you on a desert island -- they never choose the Delaneys. They don't even choose us one by one as individuals. We have earned, not always fairly we consider, the reputation of being difficult guests...'

      Maria, Niall and Celia have grown up in the shadow of their famous parents -- their father, a flamboyant singer and their mother, a talented dancer. Now pursuing their own creative dreams, all three siblings feel an undeniable bond, but it is Maria and Niall who share the secret of their parents' pasts.

      Alternately comic and poignant, The Parasites is based on the artistic milieu its author knew best, and draws the reader effortlessly into that magical world.

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      Romance

      Themes

      Saga

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      Jan 1965 Penguin ISBN13 9780140022995 ISBN10 0140022996
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      May 2005 Little, Brown ISBN13 9781844080724 ISBN10 1844080722
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      Dec 1951 Littlehampton Book Services Ltd ISBN13 9780575001756 ISBN10 0575001755
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      Dec 1971 Bentley Publishers ISBN13 9780837604107 ISBN10 0837604109
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      Aug 1983 Gollancz ISBN13 9780575032989 ISBN10 0575032987
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      Dec 2013 Little, Brown & Company ISBN13 9780316253505 ISBN10 0316253502
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      Jan 1949 G.K. Hall & Company ISBN13 9780816134892 ISBN10 0816134898
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      Oct 1983 Charnwood Library ISBN13 9780708981450 ISBN10 0708981453
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