The Warlow Experiment [electronic resource]
Alix Nathan2019
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A Sunday Times fiction book of the year
'She is an original, with a virtuoso touch' - Hilary Mantel
'An extraordinary, quite brilliant book' - C. J. Sansom
'A powerful and unsettling novel' - Andrew Taylor
The year is 1793 and Herbert Powyss is set on making his name as a scientist.
Determined to study the effects of prolonged solitude on another human being, he
advertises for someone willing to live in his cellar for seven years in return
for a generous financial reward. The only man to apply is John Warlow, a
semi-literate farm labourer with a wife and six children to support. Cut off
from nature, Warlow soon begins losing his grip on sanity while, above ground,
Powyss rapidly becomes obsessed with Warlow's wife, Hannah.
The experiment, a classic Enlightenment exercise gone more than a little mad,
will have unforeseen consequences for all included. In this seductive tale of
self-delusion and obsession, Alix Nathan has created an utterly transporting
historical novel...
Main title:
The Warlow Experiment [electronic resource] / Alix Nathan
Author:
Alix Nathan, Author
Imprint:
United Kingdom : Serpent's Tail, 2019
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (522.0 Kbytes)
Audience:
General/trade
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781782835073
Language:
English
BRN:
433478
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