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The Glutton : A Novel by Blakemore, A.K. is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
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MOST ANTICIPATED by The Guardian * *• Paste Magazine*•* LitHub*•* The Millions*•* Library Journal*From the prizewinning author of The Manningtree Witches* , 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.**“Obscenely beautiful...Every sentence is gorgeous...Powerful and provocative. ” — The New York Times Book Review“There are few writers who can be truly likened to Hilary Mantel, but Blakemore is one.” — The Observer1798, 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 mothe
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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Blakemore, A.K.
- Publisher
- Scribner
- Published
- 2023
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781668030646
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction