{"product_id":"9780241539613","title":"Cursed Bread : Longlisted for the Women’s Prize","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Mackintosh, Sophie \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Hardback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 02\/03\/2023,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 192 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780241539613,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGRANTA BEST OF YOUNG BRITISH NOVELISTS 2023From the Booker Prize-nominated author of The Water Cure comes a chilling new feminist fable based on the true story of an unsolved mystery...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA recommended read for 2023 in The Times, Guardian, Irish Times, Scotsman, iD, Good Housekeeping, Big Issue and Our Culture'A shimmering fever-dream of a novel' Telegraph'A dreamy sapphic romp' The TimesIf you eat the bread, you'll die, he said. The statement made no sense, but it filled me with an electric dread.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElodie is the baker's wife. A plain, unremarkable woman, ignored by her husband and underestimated by her neighbours, she burns with the secret desire to be extraordinary. One day a charismatic new couple appear in town - the ambassador and his sharp-toothed wife, Violet - and Elodie quickly falls under their spell. All summer long she stalks them through the shining streets: inviting herself into their home, eavesdropping on their coded conversations, longing to be part of their world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeanwhile, beneath the tranquil surface of daily life, strange things are happening. Six horses are found dead in a sun-drenched field, laid out neatly on the ground like an offering. Widows see their lost husbands walking up the moonlit river, coming back to claim them. A teenage boy throws himself into the bonfire at the midsummer feast. A dark intoxication is spreading through the town, and when Elodie finally understands her role in it, it will be too late to stop.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAudacious and mesmerising, Cursed Bread 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Gauzy [and] gripping, a quietly rich maturation of Mackintosh's skill' GuardianThe Spectator Book of the Year 2023\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40852637351980,"sku":"9780241539613","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9780241539613_7dc6f671-732a-4a5d-92a4-24ae605d13d7.jpg?v=1759673931","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9780241539613","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}