CARRION CROW
'A worthy entrant into the contemporary gothic hall of fame' Financial Times
Marguerite Périgord is locked in the attic of her family home, a towering Chelsea house overlooking the stinking Thames. For company she has a sewing machine, Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management and a carrion crow who has come to nest in the rafters. Restless, she spends her waning energies on the fascinations of her own body, memorising Mrs Beeton's advice and longing for her life outside.
Cécile Périgord has confined her daughter Marguerite for her own good. Cécile is concerned that Marguerite's engagement to a much older, near-penniless solicitor, will drag the family name - her husband's name, that is - into disrepute. And for Cécile, who has worked hard at her own betterment, this simply won't do. Cécile's life has taught her that no matter how high a woman climbs she can just as readily fall.
Of course, both have their secrets, intentions and histories to hide. As Marguerite's patience turns into rage, the boundaries of her mind and body start to fray. And neither woman can recognise what the other is becoming.
Edad recomendada: Adultos.
PARRY HEATHER
Heather Parry es una escritora de ficción y no ficción. Su novela debut, Orpheus Builds a Girl, fue finalista del premio Saltire Fiction Book of the Year y preseleccionada para el Polari First Book Prize. También es autora de la colección de relatos cortos This Is My Body, Given For You y del libro breve de no ficción Electric Dreams: On Sex Robots and the Failed Promises of Capitalism, además de escribir en Substack la publicación general observations on eggs. Se crio en Rotherham y vive en Glasgow junto a su pareja y sus gatos.
