The Horrific Sufferings Of The Mind-Reading Monster Hercules Barefoot: His Wonderful Love and his Terrible...

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Carl-Johan Vallgren Paul Britten Austin Austin

The Horrific Sufferings Of The Mind-Reading Monster Hercules Barefoot

His Wonderful Love and his Terrible Hatred

Carl-Johan Vallgren, Paul Britten Austin Austin

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English

Vintage
01 June 2006

Fiction & Literature; Historical fiction

The story is charged, atmospheric, thought-provoking and bleakly skewed' - Daily Telegraph

On a stormy night in 1813, a doctor is called to the aid of two prostitutes in childbirth. To one is born a healthy girl, Henriette, to the other, what can only be described as a monster- a boy, Hercules, deaf-mute and hideously deformed, and with the power to read minds.

As he tells the story of Hercules' bizarre and colourful life, which leads him from the bordello of his birth to a travelling freak show and then a Jesuit monastery and an asylum, Vallgren paints a magical picture of nineteenth-century Europe. This picaresque fable is filled with curiosities but is, at its heart, an extraordinary and unforgettable love story.

By: Carl-Johan Vallgren
Translated by: Paul Britten Austin Austin
Imprint: Vintage
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 203g
ISBN: 9780099464396
ISBN 10: 009946439X
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 01 June 2006
Recommended Age: From 0 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

CARL-JOHAN VALLGREN was born in 1964. He is the author of eight novels, of which The Horrific Sufferings of the Mind-reading Monster Hercules Barefoot and Documents Concerning Rubashov the Gambler have been translated into English. His novels have been translated into eleven languages. He lives in Stockholm.

Reviews for The Horrific Sufferings Of The Mind-Reading Monster Hercules Barefoot: His Wonderful Love and his Terrible Hatred

""The story has an obsessive drive"" -- Christopher Priest Guardian ""A Perfume for a new generation. Vallgren conveys readers through [Hercule and Henriette's] wonderful love as well as their terrible hatred with equal relish and aplomb. Tremendous"" Time Out ""Challenging and shocking"" Guardian ""The new cult read"" Vogue ""Vallgren's Gothic parable, rich in folk-myth symbolism, highlights the interconnectivity of linguistics, psychology and religion while never compromising the blood-racing pace of a rollicking adventure story"" Metro