num_pages: 140
description: A soldier named Garnet Montrose returns home to coastal Virginia bearing a grotesque injury which is nauseatingly repellent to anyone who sees him. He hires two young male caretakers, Quintus Pearch and Potter Daventry, who look after his disability. They also act as a go-between with Garnet's childhood sweetheart, now the widow Georgina Rance, delivering her messages in a desperate attempt to restart their interrupted relationship.With vivid Gothic imagery and drama, Purdy explores the varieties of love and the powerful transformations it can make in anyone's life. Readers will not soon forget Garnet, Quintus, and Daventry for the genuine human love that they share—and reject—and how they discover their way in the world.
language: English
title: In a Shallow Grave
titlecomplete: In a Shallow Grave
characters: Georgina Rance, Garnet Montrose, Potter Daventry, Quintus Pearch
genres: Classics, LGBT, Historical, Gay, Gothic, Romance, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Horror, Queer
ratings_count: 449
places: Virginia
publisher: City Lights Books