The Key & Diary of a Mad Old Man fiction books best sellers The brutal

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The Key & Diary of a Mad Old Man fiction books best sellers The brutalAuthor Contributor(s): Tanizaki, Junichiro; Hibbett, Howard Publisher: Vintage Date: 9 14 2004 Binding: Paperback Condition: NEW These two modern classics by the great Japanese novelist Junichiro Tanizaki, both utilize the diary form to explore the authority that love and sex have over all. In The Key, a middle aged professor plies his wife of thirty years with any number of stimulants, from brandy to a handsome young lover, in order to reach new