Deserted by her mother as a baby, Emily lives with her father in Mexico City, working in the local orphanage. When a mysterious cousin, Santi, appears on the doorstep, he brings with him family secrets, and soon Emily finds desire and temptation have overturned her straightforward life forever. The Poison that Fascinates is an alluring fable forged in astonishing, sensuous prose. Jennifer Clement conjures a world heavy with the weight of Mexican superstition, mythology and faith, where saintliness and mortal sin sit side by side.
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Review:
Jennifer Clement writes like a painter... giving us fresh vision as to how stories can be made. -- Kirsty Gunn
Book Description:
Emily is obsessed with peculiar facts, Catholic saints . . . and murderous women
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- PublisherCanongate Books Ltd
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 1841959790
- ISBN 13 9781841959795
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages240
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