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|date=September 2010
|isbn=978-1846687723
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For those of you who've never heard of it, ''A Bouquet of Barbed Wire '' was most famous as a landmark 70's TV series based on this 1969 novel by Andrea Newman. I'd never read the book before - in fact I'm not even sure I knew there ''was'' a book - or seen the TV series but I was aware of the controversy it created at the time ofrelease so lapped up the chance to read the rerelease, accompanying the remake of the TV series which has just started.
A very quick rundown of the protagonists - middle-aged publisher Peter seems happily married to his wife Cassie, but is fiercely protective - and possessive - of his daughter Prue, who's just got married to American Gavin at the start of the novel. It's clear to everyone, including Gavin and Prue, that Peter is far more interested in Prue than he should be and that his anger over the marriage goes beyond his dislike of Gavin and into sexual jealousy.
