The Cormorant

The Cormorant
Stephen Gregory
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Paperback
h203 x 127mm - 160pg
2 Apr 2021 UK
International import eta 10-19 days
9781912681693
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"We had been in the cottage for a week when thecormorant was delivered, that October evening. "When a young family inherit a remote mountain-side cottage in north Wales, giving them the chance to change the course of their lives and start over, the one condition of the will seems strange but harmless. They are to care for a cormorantuntil the end of its life. But the bird is no tame pet, and within its natural state of wildness there is a malevolent intelligence and intent towards sharp, unexpected violence. However, it is the fascination it holds for Harry, the couple' s precious only child, that really threatenstheir dreams of rural contentment. A Somerset Maugham Award Winner when it was first published, the tale of The Cormorant continues to exert its considerable power.
"A first-class terror story with a relentless focus that would have made Edgar Allan Poe proud. " New York Times
Stephen Gregory has been called a horror writer,although his novels and short stories reflect a love ofthe countryside and especially his interest in birds. The Cormorant, which won the Somerset MaughamAward and was made into a BBC television film, waswritten in and around the mountains of Snowdonia. After a year as a screenwriter in Hollywood, Stephenspent fifteen years teaching in Borneo, and during the long, hot tropicalevenings he wrote four more novels, set back home in rural Englandand Wales. He now lives in France with his wife Chris, in a small housebeside the river Vienne, while they' re slowly rebuilding a 16th-centuryfortified farmhouse.
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781912681693
Published: 2 Apr 2021
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Parthian Books
Publisher: Parthian Books
Format: Paperback
Height: 203mm
Width: 127mm
Spine: 11mm
Pages: 160

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