The protagonist of this novel dreams about being offered large sums of money for a closed box which contains a sardonic crocodile whose tears form diamonds. One section of this novel relates how Mrs. Boothby expels the cook Jackson from the Mashopi Hotel. Another section of this novel describes the affair between Ella and Paul Tanner, and is given the title The Shadow of the Third by the narrator, who lives off the royalties from her novel Frontiers of War. In the frame story Tommy becomes blind after shooting himself, and Marion leaves Richard, the former husband of the narrator's friend Molly Jacobs. This novel intersperses sections titled "Free Women" with the contents of black, red, yellow, and blue journals, before the narrator attempts to interweave all of her experiences in the title book. For 10 points, na
The protagonist of this novel dreams about being offered large sums of money for a closed box which contains a sardonic crocodile whose tears form diamonds. One section of this novel relates how Mrs. Boothby expels the cook Jackson from the Mashopi Hotel. Another section of this novel describes the affair between Ella and Paul Tanner, and is given the title The Shadow of the Third by the narrator, who lives off the royalties from her novel Frontiers of War. In the frame story Tommy becomes blind after shooting himself, and Marion leaves Richard, the former husband of the narrator's friend Molly Jacobs. This novel intersperses sections titled "Free Women" with the contents of black, red, yellow, and blue journals, before the narrator attempts to interweave all of her experiences in the title book. For 10 points, name this novel about the author Anna Wulf, written by Doris Lessing.
The protagonist of this novel dreams about being offered large sums of money for a closed box which contains a sardonic crocodile whose tears form diamonds.
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