GRANTA<\/i> BEST OF YOUNG BRITISH NOVELISTS<\/p>\n
From the Booker Prize-nominated author of The Water Cure<\/i> comes a chilling new feminist fable based on the true story of an unsolved mystery . . .<\/p>\n
‘A shimmering fever-dream of a novel’ Telegraph<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Spring, 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.<\/p>\n
Some 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?<\/p>\n
Audacious and mesmerizing, Cursed Bread<\/i> is a darkly erotic mystery about a town gripped by madness, envy like poison in the blood, and desire that burns and consumes.<\/p>\n
‘A dreamy sapphic romp<\/b>‘ The Times<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
‘Gauzy [and] gripping, a quietly rich maturation of Mackintosh’s skill‘ Guardian<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
The Spectator <\/i>Book of the Year 2023<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A chilling feminist fable, based on the true story of an unsolved historical mystery. Audacious and mesmerising, ‘Cursed Bread’ is a fevered confession, an entry into memory’s hall of mirrors, a fable of obsession and 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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[68],"product_tag":[27046,5289,27055,69,26830,26898],"class_list":["post-101857","product","type-product","status-publish","product_cat-general-fiction","product_tag-dystopian-utopian-fiction","product_tag-erotic-fiction","product_tag-gender-studies-women-girls","product_tag-historical-fiction","product_tag-modern-contemporary-fiction","product_tag-narrative-theme-social-issues","pa_book_author-mackintosh-sophie","pa_cover-paperback","pa_dewey-823-92-edition23","pa_edition-1st-paperback-ed","pa_imprint-penguin-books","pa_language-english","pa_pages-8285","pa_publisher-penguin-books","pa_readership-general-trade-code-k","first","onbackorder","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"yoast_head":"\n