The Glutton >>>> A SUPERB SIGNED, LINED & PUBLICATION DATED UK FIRST EDITION & FIRST PRINTING HARDBACK <<<<

A. K. Blakemore

ISBN 10: 1783789190 / ISBN 13: 9781783789191

Published by Granta, UK, 2023

About this Item

A fine UK first edition, first printing hardback in a fine unclipped dustjacket - All my books are always securely packed with plenty of bubblewrap in professional boxes and promptly dispatched (within 2-3 days) - SIGNED, LINED & PUBLICATION DATED BY THE AUTHOR - Pictures available upon request.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Glutton >>>> A SUPERB SIGNED, LINED & PUBLICATION DATED UK FIRST EDITION & FIRST PRINTING HARDBACK <<<<
• Publisher: Granta, UK
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1783789190
• ISBN 13: 9781783789191
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

A subversive historical novel set during the French Revolution, inspired by a young peasant boy turned showman, said to have been tormented and driven to murder by an all-consuming appetite.

1798, France. Nuns move along the dark corridors of a Versailles hospital where the young Sister Perpetué has been tasked with sitting with the patient who must always be watched. The man, gaunt, with his sallow skin and distended belly, is dying: they say he ate a golden fork, and that it’s killing him from the inside. But that’s not all—he is rumored to have done monstrous things in his attempts to sate an insatiable appetite… an appetite they say tortures him still.

Born in an impoverished village to a widowed young mother, Tarare was once overflowing with quiet affection: for the Baby Jesus and the many Saints, for his mother, for the plants and little creatures in the woods and fields around their house. He spends his days alone, observing the delicate charms of the countryside. But his world is not a gentle one—and soon, life as he knew it is violently upended. Tarare is pitched down a chaotic path through revolutionary France, left to the mercy of strangers, and increasingly, bottomlessly, ravenous.

This exhilarating, disquieting novel paints a richly imagined life for The Great Tarare, The Glutton of Lyon in 18th-century France: a world of desire, hunger and poverty; hope, chaos and survival. As in her cult hit The Manningtree Witches, Blakemore showcases her stunning lyricism and deep compassion for characters pushed to the edge of society in The Glutton, her most unputdownable work yet.