Cursed Bread

Longlisted for the Women's Prize

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<p><b><i>GRANTA</i> BEST OF YOUNG BRITISH NOVELISTS<br>LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE 2023<br>LONGLISTED FOR THE NOTA BENE PRIZE 2024</b><br><br><b>From the Booker Prize-nominated author of <i>The Water Cure</i> comes a chilling new feminist fable based on the true story of an unsolved mystery . . .<br><br>'A shimmering fever-dream of a novel' <i>Telegraph</i></b><br><br>Spring, 1951. Four people meet in a small French town: the baker and his wife; the ambassador and his wife. Two belong to the town, two are outsiders.<br><br>Some time later, strange things start happening. Horses drop dead in the fields. Children grow wild and unbiddable. Ghosts are sighted after dark. Someone is playing a dangerous game of cat and mouse - but who is the predator and who their prey?<br><br>Audacious and mesmerizing, <i>Cursed Bread</i> is a darkly erotic mystery about a town gripped by madness, envy like poison in the blood, and desire that burns and consumes.<br><br><b>'A dreamy sapphic romp</b><b>' <i>The Times</i></b><br><br><b>'Gauzy [and] gripping, a quietly rich maturation of Mackintosh's skill<i>' Guardian</i></b><br><br><b><i>The Spectator </i>Book of the Year 2023</b></p>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9780241993903

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

197 x 131 x 17 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2024

Verlag / Hersteller

Penguin Books Ltd (UK)