Author: Rix, Len (Translator)
Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
Published on 20 June 2024 by Pushkin Press (Pushkin Press Classics) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Pushkin Press Classics' series.
Paperback | 240 pages
195 x 128 x 18 | 214g
'An absolute treat... Szerb is a master novelist, a comedian whose powers transcend time and language' Nicholas Lezard, GuardianAt an end-of-season London soirée a young Hungarian scholar, Dr János Bátky, is introduced to the Earl of Gwynedd, a reclusive eccentric who is the subject of strange rumours. Invited to the family seat, Pendragon Castle in North Wales, Bátky receives a mysterious phone call warning him not to go. Once there, nothing is quite as it seems... Antal Szerb's first novel is a gently satirical blend of gothic and romantic genres, crossed with a murder mystery to produce a fast-moving and often hilarious romp. But beneath the surface, Szerb's steely intelligence poses disturbingly modern questions about the nature of self and reality.