The Cormorant
Published on 2. April 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
160 pages
978-1-912681-69-3 (ISBN)
Description
"We had been in the cottage for a week when the
cormorant was delivered, that October evening."
When a young family inherit a remote mountain-side cottage in north Wales, giving them the chance to change the course of their lives and start over, the one condition of the will seems strange but harmless. They are to care for a cormorant
until the end of its life.
But the bird is no tame pet, and within its natural state of wildness there is a malevolent intelligence and intent towards sharp, unexpected violence. However, it is the fascination it holds for Harry, the couple's precious only child, that really threatens
their dreams of rural contentment.
A Somerset Maugham Award Winner when it was first published, the tale of The Cormorant continues to exert its considerable power.
cormorant was delivered, that October evening."
When a young family inherit a remote mountain-side cottage in north Wales, giving them the chance to change the course of their lives and start over, the one condition of the will seems strange but harmless. They are to care for a cormorant
until the end of its life.
But the bird is no tame pet, and within its natural state of wildness there is a malevolent intelligence and intent towards sharp, unexpected violence. However, it is the fascination it holds for Harry, the couple's precious only child, that really threatens
their dreams of rural contentment.
A Somerset Maugham Award Winner when it was first published, the tale of The Cormorant continues to exert its considerable power.
Reviews / Votes
"A first-class terror story with a relentless focus that would have made Edgar Allan Poe proud." New York TimesMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Cardigan
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 201 mm
Width: 125 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
168 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-912681-69-3 (9781912681693)
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Stephen Gregory has been called a horror writer,
although his novels and short stories reflect a love of
the countryside and especially his interest in birds.
The Cormorant, which won the Somerset Maugham
Award and was made into a BBC television film, was
written in and around the mountains of Snowdonia.
After a year as a screenwriter in Hollywood, Stephen
spent fifteen years teaching in Borneo, and during the long, hot tropical
evenings he wrote four more novels, set back home in rural England
and Wales. He now lives in France with his wife Chris, in a small house
beside the river Vienne, while they're slowly rebuilding a 16th-century
fortified farmhouse.
although his novels and short stories reflect a love of
the countryside and especially his interest in birds.
The Cormorant, which won the Somerset Maugham
Award and was made into a BBC television film, was
written in and around the mountains of Snowdonia.
After a year as a screenwriter in Hollywood, Stephen
spent fifteen years teaching in Borneo, and during the long, hot tropical
evenings he wrote four more novels, set back home in rural England
and Wales. He now lives in France with his wife Chris, in a small house
beside the river Vienne, while they're slowly rebuilding a 16th-century
fortified farmhouse.