Drought : A Novel EPUB
by Ronald Fraser
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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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- Pages:256 pages
- Publisher:Verso
- Publication Date:14/07/2015
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- ISBN:9781781688991
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Download - Immediately Available
- Format:EPUB
- Pages:256 pages
- Publisher:Verso
- Publication Date:14/07/2015
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- ISBN:9781781688991