Resumen
Bruno, dying, obsessed with spiders and preoccupied with death and reconciliation, lies at the center of an intricate spiders web of relationships and passions: Brunos estranged and grieving son Miles; Danby, Brunos widowed son-in-law, consoling himself with the Adelaide the maid, one of Murdochs finest comic creations; creepy Nigel the nurse and his besotted twin Will, fighter of duels.
The flooding Thames bring s about the climax, and all are left changed by love and forgiveness before the old mans death.
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