Contrary Pleasure Author:John D. Macdonald Evil casts a long shadow and touches the innocent along with the guilty in the powerful, probing novel of a family who can no longer hide from the world or from each other. For years the Delavan image reflected only the best of everything -- wealth, position, influence, and the kind of expensive good looks that takes generations to cultivate. ... more »No one dared suspect that their glittering facade their cherished privacy masked hidden lusts, furtive pleasures, and twisted dreams which would soon erupt into a pattern of strange violence that threatened to destroy them all.« less