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<p><P>After a decade in one South Seas mission, a London bank-clerk-turned-minister sets his heart on serving a remote volcanic island. Fanua contains neither cannibals nor Christians, but its citizens, his superior warns, are like children&#8212;immoral children. Still, Mr. Timothy Fortune lights out for Fanua. Yet after three years, he has made only one convert, and his devotion to the boy may prove more sensual than sacred. <i>Mr. Fortune&#8217;s Maggot</i>, Sylvia Townsend Warner&#8217;s second novel, is lyrical, droll, and deeply affecting, and her missionary captivated his creator as much as he did her readers.<P>Long after the book's publication, Warner began the novella <i>The Salutation</i>. Now adrift and starving on the Brazilian pampas, Mr. Fortune is rescued by an elderly widow, who delights in having an Englishman about the house. Her heir, however, may beg to differ.<P>Brilliant and subversive, <i>Mr. Fortune's Maggot</i> and its sequel are now available for the first time ever in one volume. They show Sylvia Townsend Warner at the height of her powers.</p>

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Author

Warner, Sylvia Townsend, 1893-; Warner, Sylvia Townsend, 1893- Salutation

Publisher

New York : New York Review Books

Published

2001

Language

EN

ISBN

9780940322837

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Humanities

Rating

3.71 / 5 (220 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13