Preparations for a 40th in rural France get eerier as the day goes on. Mrs Dalloway but stranger, and longer… and much more violent.
The Birthday Party
£16.99
Edition:Paperback978180427022618/01/2023
Categories: 04. New Year 2023: Fiction, Fiction, New Paperbacks, New Year 2023
Tags: Fiction in Translation, France
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