Fludd

FluddOne dark and stormy night in 1956, a stranger named Fludd mysteriously turns up in the dismal village of Fetherhoughton. He is the curate sent by the bishop to assist Father Angwin or is he? In the most unlikely of places, a superstitious town that understands little of romance or sentimentality, where bad blood between neighbors is ancient and impenetrable, miracles begin to bloom. No matter how copiously Father Angwin drinks while he confesses his

One dark and stormy night in 1956, a stranger named Fludd mysteriously turns up in the dismal village of Fetherhoughton. He is the curate sent by the bishop to assist Father Angwin-or is he? In the most unlikely of places, a superstitious town that understands little of romance or sentimentality, where bad blood between neighbors is ancient and impenetrable, miracles begin to bloom. No matter how copiously Father Angwin drinks while he confesses his broken faith, the level of the bottle does not drop. Although Fludd does not appear to be eating, the food on his plate disappears. Fludd becomes lover, gravedigger, and savior, transforming his dull office into a golden regency of decision, unashamed sensation, and unprecedented action. Knitting together the miraculous and the mundane, the dreadful and the ludicrous, Fludd is a tale of alchemy and transformation told with astonishing art, insight, humor, and wit.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
Published: 06/01/2000
ISBN: 9780805062731
Pages: 181
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.50w x 0.80d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 04/03/2000 pg. 60
Kirkus Reviews 04/01/2000 pg. 411
Booklist 04/15/2000 pg. 1524
New York Times 07/02/2000 pg. 22
Commonweal 12/01/2000 pg. 27
New York Times 12/03/2000 pg. 67