"An absolute treat... Szerb is a master novelist, a comedian whose powers transcend time and language" Nicholas Lezard, GuardianAt an end-of-season London soirée a young Hungarian scholar, Dr János Bátky, is introduced to the Earl of Gwynedd, a reclusive eccentric who is the subject of strange rumours.

Invited to the family seat, Pendragon Castle in North Wales, Bátky receives a mysterious phone call warning him not to go. Once there, nothing is quite as it seems... Antal Szerb's first novel is a gently satirical blend of gothic and romantic genres, crossed with a murder mystery to produce a fast-moving and often hilarious romp.

But beneath the surface, Szerb's steely intelligence poses disturbingly modern questions about the nature of self and reality.


Format Häftad Omfång 240 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag Pushkin Press Utgivningsdatum 2024-06-20 ISBN 9781805330660