Product Description
Mr Fortune's Maggot
Author: Sylvia Townsend Warner
Format: Paperback
'Witty, poetic, clairvoyant' — John Updike
The Reverend Timothy Fortune, ex-clerk of the Hornsey branch of Lloyds Bank, has found his vocation: to convert the inhabitants of the remote tropical island of Fanua to Christianity. Even when everyone except for a young boy called Lueli remains indifferent to his preaching, Mr Fortune's good spirits cannot be dampened - until one day his faith is put to a terrible test.
'This quizzical tale is so intensely moving' — Gillian Beer, New Statesman
'Original, elegant and hypnotically strange' — Miranda Seymour, The New York Times
'Sylvia Townsend Warner pursues the psychology of the story with beautiful accuracy' — John Carey
About the Author
Sylvia Townsend Warner (1893-1978) grew up in rural Devonshire before moving to London and writing her debut novel, Lolly Willowes (1926). With her partner Valentine Ackland, she was active in the Communist Party and served in the Red Cross during the Spanish Civil War. Her novels include Mr Fortune's Maggot, The True Heart, Summer Will Show, After the Death of Don Juan, The Corner That Held Them and The Flint Anchor.
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