num_pages: 182
description: One dark and stormy night in 1956, a stranger named Fludd mysteriously turns up in the dismal village of Fetherhoughton. He is the curate sent by the bishop to assist Father Angwin-or is he? In the most unlikely of places, a superstitious town that understands little of romance or sentimentality, where bad blood between neighbors is ancient and impenetrable, miracles begin to bloom. No matter how copiously Father Angwin drinks while he confesses his broken faith, the level of the bottle does not drop. Although Fludd does not appear to be eating, the food on his plate disappears. Fludd becomes lover, gravedigger, and savior, transforming his dull office into a golden regency of decision, unashamed sensation, and unprecedented action. Knitting together the miraculous and the mundane, the dreadful and the ludicrous, Fludd is a tale of alchemy and transformation told with astonishing art, insight, humor, and wit.
language: English
title: Fludd
titlecomplete: Fludd
genres: Mystery, Fiction, Religion, Literature, Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Literary Fiction, Novels, Historical, British Literature
ratings_count: 5134
places: Fetherhoughton
awards: awardedAt: 599644800000
name: Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize, awardedAt: 631180800000
name: Cheltenham Prize for Literature, awardedAt: 631180800000
name: Southern Arts Literature Prize
publisher: Holt Paperbacks