{"product_id":"9780241993903","title":"Cursed Bread : Longlisted for the Women’s Prize","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Mackintosh, Sophie\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eCrime \u0026amp; mystery\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished on 11 January 2024 by Penguin Books Ltd in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 192 pages\u003cbr\u003e127 x 198 x 19 | 140g\u003cp\u003eGRANTA BEST OF YOUNG BRITISH NOVELISTSLONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE 2023LONGLISTED FOR THE NOTA BENE PRIZE 2024From 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\u003e'A shimmering fever-dream 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 outsiders.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome 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 prey?Audacious 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 consumes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A dreamy sapphic romp' The Times'Gauzy [and] gripping, a quietly rich maturation of Mackintosh's skill' GuardianThe Spectator Book of the Year 2023\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mackintosh, Sophie","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51624830337208,"sku":"9780241993903","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0509\/1953\/8872\/files\/9780241993903.jpg?v=1754399410","url":"https:\/\/octoberbooks.org\/products\/9780241993903","provider":"October Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}