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of the last ten years.Herthird,AN INDECENT OBSESSION,showsher once again to be anovelist of rarepower-amaster storyteller who bringsto life with almost painful intensity thedeepest emotions and passions of hercharacters.  \nThe novel is set on one of the Pacificislands at the end of World War Il.ThereSister Honour Langtryhas been entrustedwith sole charge of Ward X,for soldierswho have gone 'troppo',or had mentalbreakdowns in combat.Every one of itsfive inmates is in his own way in lovewith her.Neil Parkinson,who still grievesfor the loss of the men he led to death.Matt Sawyer,whose blindness has beenattributed to hysteria because there is nodiscenable cause for it.BenedictMaynard driven insane after hiscompany has opened fire on avillagefull of women and children.NuggetJones,the professional hypochondriac.Luce Daggett,vicious and corrupt,sentto Ward Xbecause there was nowhereelse to send him.Into their intense,confined world comes anew patient,Sergeant Michael Wilson.His arrivaltransforms Ward X into apressure-cookerof emotions building inexorably towardstragedy for Sister Honour Langtry,tombetween her duty,the indecentobsession of the title,and love.  \n■  \n# AN\n\nNDECENTOBSESSION  \nBy the same author  \nTIM  \nTHE THORN BIRDS  \nThis edition published 1981 byBook Club Associates  \nBy arrangement with Macdonald &CoLondon&Sydney  \nCopyright Colleen McCullough 1981  \nPhotoset by  \nRowland Phototypesetting LimitedBury St Edmunds,Suffolk.Printed in Great Britain byHazell,Watson &VineyAylesbury,Bucks  \n# for'baby sister'Mary Nargi Bolk\n\nG  \n图  \nI am grateful to Colonel R.G.Reeves,Australian StaffCorps(Ret.),Mrs.Alma Critchley,and Sister NoraSpalding for their generous technical help.  \n—CMcC","cbCaicIm0AAvaSnQ","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaicIm0AAvaSnQ","pdf",1292762,18,"English","# Background and Setting\n## The Patients of Ward X\n## The Arrival of Sergeant Michael Wilson\n## Publication Details","[{\"question\":\"What is the primary setting of 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