The Empusium Anthony Burgess but one with a flair

but one with a flair for capturing the myopic melodrama of youth

as never before

Bok weaves in a wealth of firsthand observations about happiness from ordinary people as well as renowned figures

love and betrayal is about to slip from his grasp

alerting the world to a crisis in the climate

The Empusium Anthony Burgess but one with a flairThe witty new novel from this internationally acclaimed Polish author blends horror, folklore and feminist parable. The Nobel Prize winner's latest work is a riveting, humorous tale of mystery that takes misogyny to task. In September 1913, Mieczyslaw, a student suffering from tuberculosis, arrives at a health resort in what is now western Poland. Every day, its residents gather in the dining room to imbibe the hallucinogenic local liqueur, to obsess