Drought
By: Ronald Fraser
Publisher: Verso
Published: 2015
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 243
ISBN-13: 9781781688977; 9781781688984; 9781781688991
Subjects: Fiction; FICTION / Historical; British; History
Description: ""He turned his back on the old man to mourn in silence this unnecessary death and his part in it; but the sight of the coffin brought anger instead..."   In 1957, burned-out journalist John leaves London to recover in the Andalusian haven of Benalamar. Here he finds a village that has not changed since the Civil War, but when a foreign businessman, Bob, comes with plans to develop the area, the community is sent into turmoil. As a time of drought threatens, Bob promises to build a reservoir but this has unforeseen consequences. When a local farmer, Miguel, commits suicide, John is sent off on an investigation that leads back into recent history, lost love, and civil war"--