{"product_id":"cursed-bread","title":"Sophie Mackintosh: Cursed Bread [2023] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Booker-nominated author of \u003ci\u003eThe Water Cure\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBlue Ticket \u003c\/i\u003ecomes a chilling new feminist fable - an eerie and erotic historical mystery about desire, memory and madness\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Definitely don't miss the return of Sophie Mackintosh\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e' \u003ci\u003eStylist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Be sure to read everything Sophie Mackintosh writes' Deborah Levy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1951, still reeling in the aftermath of the deadliest war the world had ever seen, the small French town of Pont-Saint-Esprit succumbed to a mass poisoning. Some historians believe the mysterious illness was caused by spoiled bread. Others claim it was the result of covert government testing on the local population.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the years before the disaster, there lived in the doomed town 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 quickly fell under their spell. Thus began a dangerous and intoxicating game of cat and mouse - but who was the predator and on whom did they prey?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAudacious and mesmerising, \u003ci\u003eCursed Bread\u003c\/i\u003e is a fevered confession, an entry into memory's hall of mirrors, a fable of obsession and 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Sophie Mackintosh:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An extraordinary debut - otherworldly, luminous, precise'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eGuardian on \u003ci\u003eThe Water Cure\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Dreamlike, tense, compelling, with a pitch-perfect ending' \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times \u003c\/i\u003eon \u003ci\u003eBlue Ticket\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An unsettling dark fantasy... It lingers long after the final page' \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e on \u003ci\u003eThe Water Cure\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003ci\u003eBlue Ticket\u003c\/i\u003e will worms its way under your skin and haunt your dreams' \u003ci\u003eRed\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mackintosh, Sophie","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":44499166789922,"sku":"9780241539620","price":16.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/mackintosh-sophie-sophie-mackintosh-cursed-bread-2023-paperback-9780241539620-60201540288851.jpg?v=1732690025","url":"https:\/\/keatsandchapman.info\/products\/cursed-bread","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}