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    Drought: A Novel
    Drought: A Novel
    Drought: A Novel
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    Drought: A Novel

    By Ronald Fraser

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    "He turned his back on the old man to mourn in silence this unnecessary death and his part in it; but the sight of the coffin brought anger instead ..."

    In 1957, a burned-out British journalist leaves London to recuperate in the idyllic Andalusian village of Benalamar, a place little changed since the tumult of Spain's civil war. But when a foreign businessman arrives with plans to develop the area, the community is thrown into turmoil.

    During a time of drought, the promise of a reservoir is meant to allay the fears of the local populace, but the developer has little idea what he is playing with. A local farmer commits suicide, and the investigation that follows leads back into recent history, lost love and civil war - all a far cry from the tranquil retreat that once promised respite from a world of lurid headlines and backroom shenanigans.

    Drought is a keenly felt novel about memory, love and the clash between the old world and the new.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherVerso UK
    Release dateJul 14, 2015
    ISBN9781781688991
    Drought: A Novel
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    Ronald Fraser

    Ronald Fraser�(1930 - 2012)�was the leading oral historian of twentieth-century Spain. He is the author of several books, including In Hiding, In Search of a Past, Blood of Spain and Napoleon's Cursed War.

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