A Devil Comes to Town - Paolo Maurensig, Anne Milano Appel (Translator)

Category: General Fiction, Horror
Language: English
Keywords: Gothic Italian Literature Italy

Written by Paolo Maurensig, Anne Milano Appel (Translator)
Read by Simon Hester
Format: M4B
Bitrate: 128 Kbps
Unabridged

Wild rabies runs rampant through the woods. The foxes are gaining ground, boldly making their way into the village. In Dichtersruhe, an insular yet charming haven stifled by the Swiss mountains, these omens go unnoticed by all but the new parish priest. The residents have other things on their mind: literature.

Everyone’s a writer - the nights are alive with reworked manuscripts. So when the devil turns up in a black car claiming to be a hot-shot publisher, unsatisfied authorial desires are unleashed and the village’s former harmony is shattered. Taut with foreboding and Gothic suspense, Paolo Maurensig gives us a refined and engaging literary parable on narcissism, vainglory and our inextinguishable thirst for stories.

Length: 3 hrs and 13 mins
Release date: 07-16-21