The Glutton
Published on 31. October 2023
Book
Hardback
320 pages
978-1-6680-3062-2 (ISBN)
Description
1798, France. Nuns move along the dark corridors of a Versailles hospital where the young Sister Perpetué has been tasked with sitting with the patient who must always be watched. The man, gaunt, with his sallow skin and distended belly, is dying: they say he ate a golden fork, and that it s killing him from the inside. But that s not all he is rumored to have done monstrous things in his attempts to sate an insatiable appetite&an appetite they say tortures him still.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Simon & Schuster
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 162 mm
Thickness: 32 mm
Weight
475 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-6680-3062-2 (9781668030622)
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A.K. Blakemore is the author of two collections of poetry: Humbert Summer and Fondue. She has also translated the work of Sichuanese poet Yu Yoyo. Her poetry and prose writing have been widely published and anthologized, appearing in The London Review of Books, Poetry, The Poetry Review, and The White Review, among other publications. Her debut novel, The Manningtree Witches won the Desmond Elliot Prize 2021. She lives in London, England.