Drought : A Novel Paperback / softback
by Ronald Fraser
Paperback / softback
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"He turned his back on the old man to mourn in silence this unnecessary death and his part in it; but the sight of the coffin brought anger instead ..."In 1957, a burned-out British journalist leaves London to recuperate in the idyllic Andalusian village of Benalamar, a place little changed since the tumult of Spain's civil war.
But when a foreign businessman arrives with plans to develop the area, the community is thrown into turmoil. During a time of drought, the promise of a reservoir is meant to allay the fears of the local populace, but the developer has little idea what he is playing with.
A local farmer commits suicide, and the investigation that follows leads back into recent history, lost love and civil war - all a far cry from the tranquil retreat that once promised respite from a world of lurid headlines and backroom shenanigans. Drought is a keenly felt novel about memory, love and the clash between the old world and the new.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:256 pages
- Publisher:Verso Books
- Publication Date:14/07/2015
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- ISBN:9781781688977
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:256 pages
- Publisher:Verso Books
- Publication Date:14/07/2015
- Category:
- ISBN:9781781688977
