Description: 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 collectively 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 mesmerizing, Cursed Bread is a fevered confession, an entry into memory’s hall of mirrors, and an erotic fable of 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.
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Narrative Type: book
Type: book
Intended Audience: General/trade
Book Title: Firebrand : a Tobacco Lawyer's Journey
Number of Pages: 272 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Canada
Publication Year: 2022
Topic: Industries / Retailing, Modern / 21st Century, General, Lawyers & Judges
Item Height: 1 in
Genre: Law, Biography & Autobiography, Business & Economics, History
Item Weight: 15.6 Oz
Item Length: 9.3 in
Author: Joshua Knelman
Item Width: 6.3 in
Format: Hardcover
