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Neverland :

by Dudgeon, Piers frey50
Published by : Pegasus Books (New York ) , 2009 Physical details: xvi, 333 p. ; 24 cm. ISBN:9781605980638; 1605980633.
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Peter's suicide : a case to answer -- What is the secret? -- Du Maurier dreamers -- Peak experience -- The boy who hated mothers -- Nervous breakdown -- Impotent and ambitious -- Gateway to Neverland -- Purloining the key -- The corruption of Neverland -- Slipping into madness -- Predator and victim -- Philanderings in the park -- The boy in the box -- Flying Uncle Jim to Neverland -- Peter Pan, a demon boy -- Sylvia's will -- Looking for Michael -- Daphne's initiation -- Michael's suicide -- Rebecca, a demon boy -- Breakdown and suicide -- No escape -- On women in love

Relates the tragic story of the author of the beloved children's novel, who learned hypnosis to captivate and psychologically abuse a family with whom he had become obsessed, the very family that inspired the Darlings of "Peter Pan."