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02723aam a2200469 4500 001 97110812E32E11EDB38E8FA33FECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230425010051 008 220223s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 010 $a 2022005436 020 $a 0385548303 020 $a 9780385548304 035 $a (OCoLC)1300755629 040 $d TxAuBib $d SILO 100 1 $a Mackintosh, Sophie, $e author. 245 1 $a Cursed bread : $b a novel / $c Sophie Mackintosh. 250 $a First United States edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Doubleday, $c 2023. 300 $a 190 pages ; $c 23 cm. 520 $a "From the Man Booker-nominated author of The Water Cure comes an elegant and hypnotic new novel of obsession that centers on the real unsolved mystery of the 1951 mass poisoning of a French village. Still reeling in the aftermath of the deadliest war the world had ever seen, the small town of Pont-Saint-Esprit lost its mind. Some historians believe the mysterious illness and violent hallucinations were caused by spoiled bread; others claim it was the result of covert government testing on the local population. In that town lived a woman named Elodie. She was the baker's wife: a plain, unremarkable person who yearned to transcend her dull existence. So when a charismatic new couple arrived in town, the forceful ambassador and his sharp-toothed wife, Violet, Elodie was quickly drawn into their orbit. Thus began a dangerous game of cat and mouse--but who was the predator and on whom did they prey? Audacious and mesmerising, Cursed Bread is a fevered confession, an entry into memory's hall of mirrors, a fable of obsession and transformation. Sophie Mackintosh spins a darkly gleaming tale of a town gripped by hysteria, envy like poison in the blood, and desire that burns and consumes"-- $c Provided by publisher. 541 $d 20230406. 650 $a Poisoning $v Fiction. 650 $a Hallucinations and illusions $v Fiction. 650 $a Bakers $v Fiction. 650 $a Small cities $v Fiction. 651 $a France $x Fiction. $y 20th century $x Fiction. 651 $a Pont-Saint-Esprit (France) $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Novels. 655 7 $a Historical fiction. 655 7 $a Novels. 941 $a 10 952 $l CQPE926 $d 20231109010345.0 952 $l YUPD232 $d 20230725012007.0 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20230708011542.0 952 $l DBPE173 $d 20230519010220.0 952 $l VEPB334 $d 20230517013110.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20230504010322.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20230502011921.0 952 $l YTPG232 $d 20230502011529.0 952 $l TDPH826 $d 20230502010802.0 952 $l SHPC094 $d 20230425011949.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=97110812E32E11EDB38E8FA33FECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search