Cursed Bread: A Novel
by Sophie Mackintosh
A new novel from Sophie Mackintosh, author of eerie feminist dystopias The Water Cure and Blue Ticket. Cursed Bread is an unsettling tale of infatuation and tainted love based loosely on the real-life case of the mass poisoning in the French village of Pont-Saint-Esprit in 1951.
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“I am always very excited to read anything by Sophie Mackintosh, author of the Booker longlisted The Water Cure and feminist dystopia Blue Ticket. She will shortly release Cursed Bread, a dreamy, fable-like tale of sexual infatuation, mysterious strangers, and deadly intoxication, which is based on the real-life mass-poisoning that took place in Pont Saint-Esprit, France, in 1951. I begged for an advance copy of Cursed Bread the second it was available; it’s as sexy, stylish, and unsettling as we have come to expect of Mackintosh’s work.” Read more...
The Notable Novels of Spring 2023
Cal Flyn, Five Books Editor
