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A Dram of Poison

A longtime bachelor finally marries & mdash;only to learn the corrosive power of jealousy For fifty-five years, Kenneth Gibson has lived in backwaters. A former army clerk, he makes a quiet living teaching poetry to indifferent undergrads. His life is happily dull until the day he meets Rosemary, a damaged girl whose frailty compels Kenneth to try to make her well. They wed, and as Rosemary recovers from her depression, Gibson falls in love, transforming his world. But his wife will never love him. She is smitten with their landlord, a dashing young chemical engineer named Paul. Gibson wants to let her go, but he cannot bear to be parted with the first love he has ever known. In Paul & rsquo;s house is a case of poison, and this love triangle can only end in death.

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  • "A longtime bachelor finally marries & mdash;only to learn the corrosive power of jealousy For fifty-five years, Kenneth Gibson has lived in backwaters. A former army clerk, he makes a quiet living teaching poetry to indifferent undergrads. His life is happily dull until the day he meets Rosemary, a damaged girl whose frailty compels Kenneth to try to make her well. They wed, and as Rosemary recovers from her depression, Gibson falls in love, transforming his world. But his wife will never love him. She is smitten with their landlord, a dashing young chemical engineer named Paul. Gibson wants to let her go, but he cannot bear to be parted with the first love he has ever known. In Paul & rsquo;s house is a case of poison, and this love triangle can only end in death."@en
  • "Combination love story, suspense novel, and comedy, set in a California college town."
  • "A longtime bachelor finally marries -- only to learn the corrosive power of jealousy . For fifty-five years, Kenneth Gibson has lived in backwaters. A former army clerk, he makes a quiet living teaching poetry to indifferent undergrads. His life is happily dull until the day he meets Rosemary, a damaged girl whose frailty compels Kenneth to try to make her well. They wed, and as Rosemary recovers from her depression, Gibson falls in love, transforming his world. But his wife will never love him. She is smitten with their landlord, a dashing young chemical engineer named Paul. Gibson wants to let her go, but he cannot bear to be parted with the first love he has ever known. In Paul's house is a case of poison, and this love triangle can only end in death."@en

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  • "Mystery and detective fiction"
  • "Mystery and detective fiction"@en
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Mystery fiction"@en
  • "Detective and mystery fiction"@en
  • "Suspense fiction"@en
  • "Detective and mystery stories"@en

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  • "A Dram of Poison"@en
  • "Une dose de poison"
  • "A dram of poison, a novel of suspense"@en
  • "A Dram of poison"
  • "Un Trago de veneno = (A dram of poison)"
  • "A dram of poison"@en
  • "A dram of poison"
  • "Un trago de veneno = (A dram of poison)"@es
  • "Pisara myrkkyä"@fi
  • "Un trago de veneno"@es
  • "Pisara myrkkya"

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