THE CUPIDEVIL

by Hubert Monteilhet ‧ RELEASE DATE: July 1, 1970

M. Monteilhet, one of the more eclectic and diversified dabblers in crime, here extends himself to a full novel--an immorality tale emerging from the French provinces in which incredible innocence and insatiable prurience seemingly can co-exist. The time is 1943 when Arnaud, the son of a Count, an adolescent anxious about his manhood, becomes possessed by the Cupidevil, a hybrid of malice and lust. After ""discovering the hell of gratuitous wickedness and its icy pleasures"" he manages to dispose of his father's aging mistress; writes love letters here and runs vicious interception there, mostly directed at Diane, the young teacher (his) who will be courted by his father, seduced by his friend, and eventually raped by four partisans after the war. Poor Diane, the Cupidevil indeed takes the hindmost but she survives to enjoy it. . . . Sometimes bawdy, sometimes baleful, this falls between the two to provide only a faintly amusing tour de farce.

Pub Date: July 1, 1970

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: July 1, 1970

Categories: FICTION