Discover the blistering first novella from the from the Booker-shortlisted author of Eileen and My Year of Rest and Relaxation. They said I've done something wrong?... And they've just left me down here to starve. Haven't had a drop in days more so... Salem, Massachusetts, 1851: McGlue is in the hold, still too drunk to be sure of his name or situation or orientation – he may have killed a man. That man may have been his best friend. Now, McGlue wants one thing and one thing only: a drink. Because for McGlue, insufferable, terrifying memories accompany sobriety. Asail on the high seas of literary tradition, Ottessa Moshfegh gives us an unforgettable blackguard on a knife-sharp voyage through the fogs of recollection.
ISBN: | 9781784706623 |
Publication date: | 25th May 2017 |
Author: | Ottessa Moshfegh |
Publisher: | Vintage an imprint of Vintage Publishing |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 128 pages |
Genres: |
Modern and Contemporary Fiction Historical Fiction Historical adventure fiction |