The Nightingale Papers

by David Nokes

In this darkly satirical fiction debut, a harmless joke thrown in after one glass of wine too many triggers a chain of vengeful plots, grotesque confrontations, and literary hoaxes. World experts on Madoc, the great 18th-century poet, are assembling for a celebratory conference in Wales; the setting is an isolated building run by a religious sect advocating purity of mind. It's a gathering populated by shady, repressed, and unscrupulous academics,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843917033
• ISBN13: 9781843917038
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: Hesperus Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"