The Vice-Consul Condition:Very Good in the province of jiangsu

in the province of jiangsu

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The Vice-Consul Condition:Very Good in the province of jiangsuThe Vice Consul is a bleak, enigmatic novel. Set in the steamy monsoon heat of Calcutta, it brings together three suffering characters. There is Anne Marie Stretter, beautiful wife of the French ambassador, seeking the love of younger men as if desperate for a carefree youth she never had. One of those men who falls for her is the former Vice Consul of Lahore, an awkward, solitary man prone to violent, irrational rages. And there is a mysterious