GRANTA BEST OF YOUNG BRITISH NOVELISTSLONGLISTED FOR THE WOMENS PRIZE 2023LONGLISTED FOR THE NOTA BENE PRIZE 2024From the Booker Prizenominated author of The Water Cure comes a chilling new feminist fable based on the true story of an unsolved mystery A shimmering feverdream of a novel TelegraphSpring 1951 Four people meet in a small French town the baker and his wife the ambassador and his wife Two belong to the town two are outsidersSome time later strange things start happening Horses drop dead in the fields Children grow wild and unbiddable Ghosts are sighted after dark Someone is playing a dangerous game of cat and mouse but who is the predator and who their preyAudacious and mesmerizing Cursed Bread is a darkly erotic mystery about a town gripped by madness envy like poison in the blood and desire that burns and consumesA dreamy sapphic romp The TimesGauzy and gripping a quietly rich maturation of Mackintoshs skill GuardianThe Spectator Book of the Year 2023
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