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Hurdy Gurdy

'A cure for pandemic gloom' - The Times

Christopher Wilson author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Faber & Faber

Published:23rd Sep '21

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A bitingly funny historical novel, following Brother Diggory on an eerily prescient journey through fourteenth-century England.

'What the doctor ordered .

'What the doctor ordered . . . a fiercely funny novel.' Sunday Times

It is the year of our Lord 1349 and it is the season of the Plague.

Brothor Diggory's life is about to change. The sickness is creeping ever closer and the monks of his order must attend to the afflicted. He is about to meet the Plague. What he doesn't realise is that encountering an illness and understanding it are two quite different things . . .

An uproarious and uplifting novel about sickness and health, and how perhaps we're never quite as cutting-edge as we might like to believe.

'Ribald yet deeply touching.' Observer
'Therapeutically hilarious.' Telegraph
'Often ingenious and frequently hilarious.' Guardian

ISBN: 9780571361953

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 16mm

Weight: 230g

272 pages

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