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Cursed bread : a novel / Sophie Mackintosh.

by Mackintosh, Sophie.

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Hamish Hamilton, 2023.

Poisoning -- Fiction.

Hysteria (Social psychology) -- Fiction.

France -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.

Pont-Saint-Esprit (France) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.

9780735243705 (trade pbk.)

9780241539613 (hc.)

185 p. ; 23 cm.

"From the Booker-nominated author of The Water Cure comes an elegant and hypnotic new novel of obsession that centres on the real unsolved mystery of the 1951 mass poisoning of a French village. Still reeling in the aftermath of the deadliest war the world had ever seen, the small town of Pont-Saint-Esprit lost its mind. Some historians believe the mysterious illness and violent hallucinations were caused by spoiled bread; others claim it was the result of covert government testing on the local population. In that town lived a woman named Elodie. She was the baker's wife: a plain, unremarkable person who yearned to transcend her dull existence. So when a charismatic new couple arrived in town, the forceful ambassador and his sharp-toothed wife, Violet, Elodie was quickly drawn into their orbit. Thus began a dangerous game of cat and mouse--but who was the predator and on whom did they prey? Audacious and mesmerising, Cursed Bread is a fevered confession, an entry into memory's hall of mirrors, and an erotic fable of 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."--Provided by publisher.

Historical fiction.

Literary fiction.

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