Author

Publication

2021-01-28 - Daunt Books

Language

English

Word Count

50,250 words, Guess

Page Count

201 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

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Classifications

  • LCCPR6053.O452 W5 2021

Description

At the beginning of June the river floods, ducks swim through the drawing-room windows and Ebin Willoweed rows his daughters round the submerged garden. But the flood is only the beginning of the village's troubles. All of a sudden the miller goes mad and drowns himself in the river. As the village is afflicted by a mysterious virus, the villagers begin dying one by one. The newspaper asks 'Who will be smitten by the fatal madness next?' Comyns' unique voice weaves a text as wonderful as it is horrible, as beautiful as it is cruel. Originally published in England in 1954, this overlooked small masterpiece is a twisted pandemic tragicomic gem.

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