The Damned

Author : Joris-Karl Huysmans,Terry Hale

Paperback

Published : Thursday 28 June 2001

ISBN : 9780140447675

Price : €12.86

Description

Durtal, a shy, censorious man, is writing a biography of Gilles de Rais, the monstrous fifteenth-century child-murderer thought to be the original for 'Bluebeard'. Bored and disgusted by the vulgarity of everyday life, Durtal seeks spiritual solace by immersing himself in another age.

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