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Cursed Bread
Longlisted for the Women’s Prize
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From the Booker-nominated author of The Water Cure - an eerie historical mystery about desire, memory and madness. Audacious and mesmerising, Cursed Bread is a darkly erotic tale of a town gripped by madness, envy like poison in the blood, and desire that burns and consumes....
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From the Booker-nominated author of The Water Cure - an eerie historical mystery about desire, memory and madness.
Audacious and mesmerising, Cursed Bread is a darkly erotic tale of a town gripped by madness, envy like poison in the blood, and desire that burns and consumes.
Elodie is the baker's wife—plain and unremarkable but desperate to escape her dull, small-town life. One day, a charismatic new couple appear in the neighbourhood, and Elodie quickly falls under their spell. All summer long, she stalks them through the shining streets—inviting herself into their home, eavesdropping on their conversations, longing to possess them.
Meanwhile, beneath the tranquil surface of daily life, strange things are happening. The animals expire in the fields, ghosts are sighted after dark, the local children grow erratic and violent. A dark intoxication is spreading through the town, and when Elodie finally understands her role in it, it will be too late to stop.
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780241993903
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 11 January 2024
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd
Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 12.0mm
Width: 128.0mm
Height: 197.0mm
Weight: 142g
Pages: 192
About the Author
Sophie Mackintosh is the author of three novels- The Water Cure, Blue Ticket and Cursed Bread. Her debut novel was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2018 and won a Betty Trask Award 2019. Cursed Bread was longlisted for the Women's Prize 2023. She has been published in Granta, The White Review and TANK magazine among others.
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