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Cursed bread : a novel / Sophie Mackintosh.

Mackintosh, Sophie, (author.).

Summary:

"From the Man Booker-nominated author of The Water Cure comes an elegant and hypnotic new novel of obsession that centers on the real unsolved mystery of the 1951 mass poisoning of a French village. Still reeling in the aftermath of the deadliest war the world had ever seen, the small town of Pont-Saint-Esprit lost its mind. Some historians believe the mysterious illness and violent hallucinations were caused by spoiled bread; others claim it was the result of covert government testing on the local population. In that town lived a woman named Elodie. She was the baker's wife: a plain, unremarkable person who yearned to transcend her dull existence. So when a charismatic new couple arrived in town, the forceful ambassador and his sharp-toothed wife, Violet, Elodie was quickly drawn into their orbit. Thus began a dangerous game of cat and mouse - but who was the predator and on whom did they prey? Audacious and mesmerising, Cursed Bread is a fevered confession, an entry into memory's hall of mirrors, a fable of obsession and transformation. Sophie Mackintosh spins a darkly gleaming tale of a town gripped by hysteria, envy like poison in the blood, and desire that burns and consumes"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780735243705 (trade paperback)
  • Physical Description: 190 pages ; 21 cm
  • Publisher: Toronto, ON : Hamish Hamilton, 2023.
Subject: Poisoning > Fiction.
Small cities > France > Fiction.
Triangles (Interpersonal relations) > Fiction.
France > History > 1945-1958 > Fiction.
Pont-Saint-Esprit (France) > Fiction.
Genre: Historical fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Novels.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

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