A maggot.
A maggot.
By
:
Fowles, John, 1926-2005.
Publication Date
:
1985
Subject Term
:
Travelers -- Fiction.
Murder -- Fiction.
Geographic Term
:
Great Britain -- History -- Fiction.
Genre
:
Historical fiction.
Summary
:
In the spring of 1736 four men and one woman, all traveling under assumed names, are crossing the Devonshire countryside en route to a mysterious rendezvous. Before their journey ends, one of them will be hanged, one will vanish, and the others will face a murder trial. Out of the truths and lies that envelop these events, John Fowles has created a novel that is at once a tale of erotic obsession, an exploration of the conflict between reason and superstition, an astonishing act of literary legerdemain, and the story of the birth of a new faith.
Language
:
English
ISBN
:
9780002230421