Between 1928 and 1956 Molly Keane published eleven novels under the pseudonym M.J. Farrell. The best known of them were DEVOTED LADIES, FULL HOUSE and RISING TIDE all published by Collins. GOOD BEHAVIOUR marked a classic comeback in 1981 placing Molly Keane in the tradition of Jean Rhys.

Behind the gates of Temple Alice the aristocratic Anglo-Irish St Charles family sinks into a state of decaying grace. To Aroon St Charles, large and unlovely daughter of the house, the fierce forces of sex, money, jealousy and love seem locked out by the ritual patterns of good behaviour. But crumbling codes of conduct cannot hope to save the members of the St Charles family from their own unruly and inadmissible desires. This elegant and allusive novel established Molly Keane as the natural successor to Jean Rhys.