The Glutton

One man with an insatiable hunger: a novel of desire and destruction in Revolutionary France, based on a true story, from the Desmond Elliott Prize-winning author of The Manningtree Witches.

About the author

A. K. Blakemore is a poet and novelist from London. Her first novel, The Manningtree Witches, won the Desmond Elliott Prize for Best First Novel and was shortlisted for the Costa and RSL Ondaatje Prizes. Her second novel, The Glutton, is forthcoming from Granta Books.

Summary

One man with an insatiable hunger: a novel of desire and destruction in Revolutionary France, based on a true story, from the Desmond Elliott Prize-winning author of The Manningtree Witches.

Product details

• Authors: A. K. Blakemore
• Publisher: Granta Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.09.2023
• EAN: 9781783789191
• ISBN: 978-1-78378-919-1
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 216 mm x 24 mm
• Weight: 445 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Historical / General, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Historical fiction, France, FICTION / Biographical, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Magical Realism, FICTION / Gothic, War & combat fiction, Magical Realism, French Revolution, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Biographical fiction / autobiographical fiction, Classic fiction: general and literary