Damage : INSPIRATION FOR THE NETFLIX SERIES OBSESSION

Now filmed as Obsession on Netflix - starring Richard Armitage and Charlie MurphyThe New York Times bestselling masterpiece - a daring look at the dangers of obsession and the depth of its shattering consequences'Damaged people are dangerous.They know they can survive.'Damage is the gripping story of a man's desperate obsession and scandalous love affair.He is a man who appears to have everything: wealth, a beautiful wife and children, and a prestigious political career in Parliament.But his life lacks passion, and his aching emptiness drives him to an all-consuming and ultimately catastrophic relationship with his son's fiancée. 'A taut, sinister tale of erotic obsession' Vanity Fair'The effect is powerful: here is naked obsession, sulfurous, total, scarcely possible to live with' Financial Times'The reader looks on with mingled shock and fascination.A tour de force' New York Times'Unputdownable is here, for once, not hyperbolic' Ruth Rendell 'Damage is a masterpiece' Washington Post'Passionate, elegant, ruthless' Iris Murdoch